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Clematis 'Mrs Harvey'

Single, nodding, bell-shaped, deep blue flowers, fading towards the margin of the tepals with three darket longitudinal ridges. Anthers and filaments creamy-white.

Found by Christopher Andrew and Christopher Graham next to the garden of the late Mrs C W (Anne) Harvey and named after her. Not to be confused with the cultivar 'Anne Harvey' grown by Magnus Johnson and named after the same person.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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 Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Christopher Andrew and Christopher Graham
Country of origin:	Canada
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1999 n2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	crispa x unknown
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 3-5cm long, 0.9-1.7cm wide, partly recurved towards irregularly twisted, recurved tip