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Clematis 'Imperial'

Large flowers, the first flowers of the season are often semi-double. There is some argument about the colour with various authorities describing it as light purple, pale purplish pink and creamy pink. Some suggest that it has a darker bar. White filaments with anthers at first pink-purple, later yellowish.

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:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1955
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Lasurstern' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-20cm Tepals: (6-)8, elliptic to broadly lanceolate, pointed, wavy margin Leaves: normally ternate