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Clematis 'Shiko'

Japanese large-flowered variety, tepals rich purple-blue, slightly darker along the bar, double. Anthers purple. The cultivar name means purple light. There is a single cultivar of this name in the trade which is maybe a reversion of this cultivar to its 'The President' origins.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Kinshichi Isogai
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	rc1984 n1985
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	The President' sport form
Other name(s):	'Shikoo'; 'Suisee Nigoo'; 'Suisei Nigoo'. Wrongly: 'Suisei Number 2' (SUISEI-NIGO );
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: 6-8; broadly elliptic, overlapping, margins slightly wavy; tip cuspidate and sometimes with a short spine