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Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Large pink flowers with deep red-pink stripe. Filaments white with cream-beige anthers. Occasional early flowers may be semi-double. Introduced into the U.K. by Jim Fisk in 1975 from plant(s) sent to him from Argentina by Dr Ruppel himself. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Sunny
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Ruppel
Country of origin:	Argentina
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1975 i1975
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Dr Ruppel'; 'Dr Rupple'; 'Docteur Ruppel'; 'Dr Rubbel'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-20cm Tepals: 6-8, slightly wavy margins