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Clematis 'Mrs Hardwick'

Small to medium sized, semi-double, greenish-white flowers. White anthers and yellow connectives. Slightly scented (of fresh linen or hay). Named after Deborah Hardwick, a keen clematarian in the USA, who first flowered it.

Group:	Montana group
Fragrant:	Yes
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 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.	Dec Jan Feb Mar
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Ton Hannink
Country of origin:	Holland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2008 f2013 n2014
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	chrysocoma white form (s) × ‘Broughton Star’
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6-8cm Tepals: (<8-) 8-9; 2.5-3cm long, 1.2-1.5cm wide, elliptic, sometimes overlapping, or touching and slightly gappy, margins mostly smooth but sometimes slightly wavy, apiculate, outside downy