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Clematis 'Dedication'

Tulip-shaped flowers, dark purple-red inside, almost white outside. Dark stamens. The form first flowered in 2002, the year when Queen Elizabeth II celebrated a 50 year reign; the 'royal' colouring of the flower suggested the name.

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	f2002 i2013
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Parentage known, involving texensis but not disclosed by raiser
Other name(s):	texensis 'Dedication'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 4-6cm Tepals: 4; elliptic, fused in lower one-third, gappy or slightly overlapping above, tips rounded and slightly recurved