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'Kathleen Wheeler'
Photo © 2001 Thorncroft Clematis
Seedhead - Photo © 2001 Ian Lang
Large rosy-mauve flowers with gold stamens. Tepals have deep veins of mauve-pink. Raised by Walter Pennell (1952 according to Magnus Johnson in Slaktet Klematis - RG) and named in 1967 after the wife of Pennell's Doncaster shop manager. A seedling of 'Mrs. Spencer Castle'.
Text © 1999 Robin Savill/2000 Richard Green
Group: Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: 2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by: Walter Pennell
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date raised: r1952 n1967
Parentage: Seedling of 'Mrs. Spencer Castle'
Other name(s): None known
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