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Clematis 'Fairy Slippers'

Nodding, bell-shaped, flowers, inside cream coloured at the base becoming light purple-pink at the tips and margins, outside light purple towards the tips with pinker veins. Filaments creamy white; anthers creamy grey. Seed heads not persistent.

Group:	Viticella group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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 Sep
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	S Marczynski
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2003 n2021 i2022
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Seedling of C. crispa x Kermesina
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5-6 cm Tepals: 4; 3-5 cm long x 2-3 cm wide, narrowly elliptic, overlapping in basal third to half when fully opened, with slightly wavy margins, long-pointed, tip acute and recurved at apex