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Clematis 'Shirley Star'

Small, semi-double, pink flowers; the outer tepals are paler than the inner ones. White filaments and yellow anthers. Selected from a batch of seedlings belonging to the montana group. The cultivar is named for the suburb of Christ Church, New Zealand, where Robin and Lorna Mitchell live.

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 May
Aspect:	Any aspect
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	2002
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5-6.5cm Outer tepals: 4; 2.5-3cm long, 2cm wide, oblong, blunt, margin wavy (inner tepals pointed) Leaves: ternate