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Clematis 'Shisen'

Large, blue-purple flowers with yellow anthers. The cultivar name means purple water spring.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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 Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Hiroshi Hayakawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1995
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-18cm Tepals: 6;