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Clematis cirrhosa

An evergreen form with small nodding, bell-shaped flowers, greeny-white or cream but speckled inside reddish-brown. Cream or yellow anthers. Charles de Lescluse, writing in 1601, says that he first encountered cirrhosa in 1565 growing in Andalusia but it is not thought that he introduced it into cultivation then. Authorities differ as to whether it was introduced in 1590 or 1596.

Group:	Cirrhosa group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	7.0 or more metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Aspect:	Sunny
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Country of origin:	Mediterranean area
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Species
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 2-7cm Tepals: 4(-5); 1.5-3.5cm long, obovate or elliptic Leaves: simple, 3-lobed or ternate