Clematis Tangutica Group 'Last Dance' ('Orange Peel')
  
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common name: |
Oriental Clematis 'Last Dance' ('Orange Peel') |
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flowers colour: |
yellow-orange |
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plants height: |
3-5 m |
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flowers size: |
small |
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flowering months: |
IX-XI |
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aspect: |
S, E, W |
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pruning way: |
3-2 (rather hard) |
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frost hardiness: |
zones 4-9 |
A vigorous and graceful climber with finely divided, glaucous leaves. One of the latest-flowering varieties, also known as ‘Last Dance’. Remarkable in its small nodding flowers with thick, spongy sepals, dark yellow, turning to orange after the nights’ chills. A hardy plant with low requirements – tolerates draught.
Excellent for growing over fences and all kinds of supports. Suitable as ground cover.Raised by R. Zwijnenburg, Netherlands 1960.
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