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Clematis 'Ton Hannink'

Small flowers, vivid purplish blue to deep purplish blue, tinged pale yellow-green at the base and vivid purplish blue at the margins; outside strong violet. Filaments pale yellow-green; connectives and anthers vivid purplish blue; pollen white. Named after the Dutch breeder and past President of the International Clematis Society, who grows many clematis species.

Group:	Viticella group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	May Jun Sep Oct
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	5B 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	D Hardwick
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2013 n2016
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	withheld by raiser
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6.5-7.5cm Tepals: 6; 3.2cm long x 1.9 cm wide, obovate, slightly overlapping at base, margins wavy, tip rounded and usually recurved, with apiculate or cuspidate apex