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Clematis 'Kathleen Wheeler'

Large rosy-mauve flowers with gold stamens. Tepals have deep veins of mauve-pink. Raised by Walter Pennell (1952 according to Magnus Johnson in Slaktet Klematis - RG) and named in 1967 after the wife of Pennell's Doncaster shop manager. A seedling of 'Mrs. Spencer Castle'.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Walter Pennell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1952 n1967
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Seedling of 'Mrs. Spencer Castle'