Clematis Atragene Group 'Betina' ('Red Beetroot Beauty') (alpina)
    
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common name: |
Clematis alpina 'Betina' |
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decoration form: |
flowers |
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flowers colour: |
dark purple-red |
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flowering months: |
IV-VIII |
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is evergreen: |
no |
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annual growth: |
1-2 m |
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aspect: |
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density on 1 m2: |
1-2 |
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frost hardiness: |
zones 3-9 |
A charming variety raised in Sweden. Beautiful, campanulate, deep claret flowers with a central tuft of white staminodes, borne incessantly from April to August, are followed by decorative silky seed heads. Leaves dark green, stiff and slightly puckered.
Superb for small gardens e.g. when grown over a low wall or stockade or scrambling over a large rock. Excellent as ground cover.Raised by M. Johnson, Sweden 1980.
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