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Clematis 'Ballerina in Blue'

Double flowers larger than macropetala. Deep blue at the base of the tepals, fading to pale blue at the tips. Long, protruding inner tepals. Creamy-green petaloid staminodes. A seedling of C. macropetala raised by Magnus Johnson in 1980.


Group: Atragene group
Approximate height:  2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s):  Apr May
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by: Magnus Johnson
Country of origin: Sweden
Date raised:  1980
Parentage:  Seedling of C. macropetala
Other name(s): macropetala 'Eximia'