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Clematis 'Retrousse'

Nodding, urn-shaped, red flowers with a cream band down the centre of each tepal. The tips of the tepals roll right back to touch the exterior of the flower.

Group:	Viorna 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Barry Fretwell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2007
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	(texensis x pitcheri) x crispa
Other name(s):	viorna 'Retrousse'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 3-4cm Tepals: 3-4; elliptic, with markedly frilly free margins, tips very strongly recurved ("turk's-cap") in upper quarter