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Clematis x diversifolia 'Benedikt'

Small, bell-shaped, nodding, purple flowers; inside the flowers are a pinker purple. The tepals have broad white or very pale pink margins. Filaments and anthers yellow. Named after the raiser's son. Clematis International 2008 notes this as a member of the diversifolia group; this is a subset of the integrifolia group that we have placed it in.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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:	Manfred Herian
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b2004 n2007 i2008
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Sport of x diversifolia Blue Boy
Other name(s):	'Benedikt'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5cm Tepals: 4; 5cm long, 2cm wide, wavy and irregularly cut, long-pointed with recurved tips, gappy