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Clematis 'Catherine Penny'

Small, nodding, bell-shaped flowers; inside deep pink with slightly darker veins, outside pale pink and covered in white down. Filaments and anthers creamy white; connectives pale green. Seed-heads persistent.

Named after the chairman of the UK North-West Plant Heritage Group.

Group:	Viticella group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Richard Hodson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2014 n2015
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	CONFETTI 'Evipo036' (s) x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 2-3cm Tepals: 4; 2.5-3cm long x 1cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping at base, gappy above, with margins wavy and irregularly toothed, tip acute and slightly recurved