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Clematis 'Sofia Kaisa'

Semi-double in early flowers, single later, flat or flattish, cream white flowers with a bar often flushed red-purple especially towards the tip. Filaments white at base, shading through red-purple to dark violet connectives; anthers violet. Fruit-heads persistent. Named after the registrant's grand-daughter, Sofia Ylätalo.

Group:	Early large-flowered 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
Raised by:	J Räsänen
Country of origin:	Finland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2005 n2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Westerplatte' (s) x 'Moonlight'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-14cm Tepals: Up to 11 (semi-double), 7-9 single; 6.5-7 long, 3-5cm wide , downy outside, broadly elliptic, overlapping, with slightly wavy margins, rounded at tip but with a distinct apiculus sometimes recurved