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Clematis montana var rubens 'Tetrarose'

Medium sized, spicily scented, deep pink flowers, often somewhat paler in the middle. Yellow anthers on white filaments. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Group:	Montana group
Fragrant:	Yes
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	5.0 - 7.0 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
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Boskoop Research Station
Country of origin:	Holland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1960 i1961/2
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	montana var rubens treated with colchicine
Other name(s):	montana 'Tetrarose'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5-8.5 (-10) cm Tepals: 4; 2.5-4cm long, 2.3-3.5cm wide, blunt, truncate or notched