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Clematis 'Galactica'

Small- to medium-sized, bell-shaped or flattish, dark indigo-violet flowers with a dark purple bar. Filaments mid- to pale violet, dark red-purple connectives, pale purple anthers. Named after the TV series 'Battlestar Galactica'.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 - 1.5 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.	Jul Aug Sep Oct
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	Hardy to 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	D Falck
Country of origin:	Finland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2014 n2015
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	integrifolia x 'The President
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5-8cm Tepals 4 (often 6 in terminal flower); 4-4.5cm long x 2.5cm wide, elliptic, thick and fleshy, touching at base then gappy, margins somewhat undulate, tip acute with acuminate apex sometimes twisted or slightly recurved.