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Clematis 'Ellen'

Medium to large, single or semi-double, violet-blue flowers. Creamy-white stamens.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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 \| Aug Sep
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	K Bolinder
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i2013
Further detail:	Tepals and sepaloid staminodes 10-15; elliptic (some broadly so, others narrowly), overlapping twoñthirds, with slightly wavy margins, tips long-pointed with acuminate or cuspidate apex