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Clematis 'Shirley Slade-Bennett'

Small, nodding then outward-facing, broadly bell-shaped, reddish-pink flowers. Filaments and anthers yellow. Fruit-heads persistent.

Named after the raiser's wife. Apparently this plant is much less susceptible to mildew than its 'Étoile Rose' parent.

Group:	Viticella 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.	Jun Jul Aug
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	T Bennett
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2006 n2012
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Étoile Rose' (s) × unknown (open-pollinated, possibly from 'Minuet')
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6cm Tepals: 4(-5); 3-4.5cm long, 1.5cm wide, narrowly elliptic, gappy, with somewhat wavy margins, rounded at tip but with a distinct apiculus, tips slightly to strongly recurved