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Clematis 'Andrew van Laeken'

Blue-purple flowers with a reddish bar. Filaments and anthers white, red connectives. Fruit heads persistent. Named in honour of the raiser's father.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	James van Laeken
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2003 i2008
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-20cm Tepals: 6; 7-10cm long, 4cm wide, elliptical, long-pointed, somewhat overlapping at base or gappy, margins wavy Leaves: ternate, entire