Clematis 'Pink Champagne'

syn Kakio. Deep pink flowers with contrasting edge of deeper pink flowering May to September. Eventual ht 3m/10'. Sold in 9cm pots

A Japanese cultivar introduced by the author to Europe in the early 1980's. A good free flowering plant of a compact nature, ideal for container culture. The 15cm (6in) wide flowers have purplish pink tepals which are darker at the margins late spring - early summer and late summer - early autumn. The tepals overlap, making a full flower. Contrasting compact yellow anthers, with a prominent style. Attractive seed heads