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Clematis 'Dusky Star'

Small, double, deep pink flowers with white anthers. Filaments yellow; anthers white. The young growth is rather purple and becomes dark green with purple blotches.

Group:	Montana group
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
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Robin Mitchell
Country of origin:	New Zealand
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1998 n1999
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	?'Magic Star' x unknown
Other name(s):	'Cadson1'. Wrongly: montana 'Dusky Star'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6cm Sepals: outer-4, 3cm long, ovoid, blunt; inner-2.5cm, narrower, pointed Leaves: ternate