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Clematis 'Arctic Blue'

Medium sized, semi-double, blue flowers; outside, dense white down, inside white veins especially towards base. Staminodes numerous, up to 1 cm, white. Filaments greenish white; anthers pale yellow. Fruit-heads persistent.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Apr May
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	D P Flathman
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2006 n2012
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 5cm long, 1.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, slightly overlapping at base or touching, margins very slightly wavy, tips cuspidate to long-pointed Leaves: bi-ternate