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Clematis 'Diamond Ball'

Medium to large, double or semi-double, hemispherical pale blue flowers; the tepals, which are slightly darker towards the margins, age to bluish-white and the outer ones are often tinged green near the tip. Yellow anthers on creamy white filaments.

Group:	Early large-flowered 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
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Szczepan Marczynski
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1999 n2010 i2012
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-22cm Tepals: 30-50; 5cm long, 3cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping, with slightly wavy margins, obtuse towards tip but distinctly apiculate Leaves: simple or ternate