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Clematis 'Josie's Midnight Blue'

The tepals of this bell-shaped, nodding form are dark violet-blue on the outside, with sparse ginger hairs, inside a paler colour and hairless. Pale green anthers on white or yellow filaments. Grown from seed collected from the wild in Korea.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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
Aspect:	Semi-shade
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Roy Nunn
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1999 f2003 n2004
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	seed from ianthina
Other name(s):	ianthina 'Josie's Midnight Blue'
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; broadly lanceolate, pointed, tip recurved