Clematis: ClematisGuru's 2009 Hardwick Hall Clematis Garden, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
yesterday also marked the first ever blooms for me of otto froebel. otto was a mis-ship from chalk hill in spring of 08. labeled as otto, but not ordered by myself. when Murray said, "keep it"..i was like, ooh i do not need another of these fussy early pastels that take years to establish. oh well, into the ground it went. in future years it will be a show stopper. this year, i lost many of the buds to earwigs last week before i treated the area and removed all droppy buds. (about half of them were removed)
i mistakenly remembered otto as a double, so yesterday after i saw the booms, did a quick look up o COTW. it is indeed otto, who is indeed not a double, but a delightful pastel, wavy margin flower.
my pic does not do the flower justice. i will photograph it again today to se if i can do better. it is gorgeous blend of
yellow, greenish white, white and pink. kind of like a claire de lune with more coloration and a stronger central bar on the reverse of the sepals. these blooms had just unfurled.