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Clematis 'American Beauty'

Large pinkish blue flowers with a magenta bar fading to whitish at the top. Red anthers on white filaments.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	J P Van Laeken
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2002 ic2008
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-20cm Tepals: 6; 7.5-10cm long, 5cm wide, elliptic, gappy, pointed, tip recurved, margin slightly wavy Leaves: simple or ternate