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Clematis 'Frankie'

Nodding, bell-shaped, mid-blue flowers with white staminodes, the outer ones tipped blue. Raised by Frank Meecham in Lincolnshire, UK.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 4.0 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.	Apr May
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Frank Meecham
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	rc1990 i1991
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	alpina x unknown
Other name(s):	alpina 'Frankie'; ochotensis 'Frankie'
Further detail:	Tepals: 5cm long, lanceolate to broadly elliptic, long-pointed