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Clematis 'Helsingborg'

Small, nodding, bell-shaped, shiny, deep-purple or mauve flowers with paler margins. The tepals tend to be slightly twisted. The staminodes are often the same colour as the tepals, else grey-green tinged blue. This plant has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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:	Tage Lundell
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	rc1970 n1982
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C. ochotensis x C. alpina.
Other name(s):	alpina 'Helsingborg'; Mis-spellings: 'Helsinborg', 'Helsingburg'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7-8 (-10)cm Tepals: 4; 4-5cm long, 1.5cm wide, somewhat recurved towards tip