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Clematis 'Étoile de Malicorne'

Large lavender or purple-blue flowers with a reddish bar. Red-brown anthers on white filaments.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 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:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	A. Girault
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	c1968
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-20cm Tepals: 6-8; elliptic, slightly overlapping, pointed Leaves: ternate