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Clematis 'Kiss of Spring'

Small to medium flowers, opening with deep pink margins about a pale pink bar, maturing to pale pink throughout. Vanilla and/or almond scented. Filaments and anthers creamy; connectives pale green. Fruit-heads persistent.

Group:	Montana group
Fragrant:	Yes
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	5.0 - 7.0 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.	May Jun
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	C W Welch
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	rb2015 ni2015
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Un-named Montana Group seedling (s) x 'Mayleen'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7-8cm Tepals: 4; 3.5cm long, 1cm wide, gappy, narrowly elliptic with wavy and strongly revolute margins, tip recurved