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Clematis 'Stagione'

Medium-sized, clear blue flowers with a paler bar. Cream-white anthers on white filaments. Fruit heads persistent. Named for Vivaldi's 'Le Quattro Stagioni' ('The Four Seasons') but granted PBR in Japan as 'Stagione' which therefore has to stand.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 or less 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.	(Apr) May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	F Miyata & K Miyazaki
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1996 ni2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Allegro (s) x Midget Blue
Other name(s):	'Stagioni'; Wrongly: 'Stagioone' and 'Sutajioone'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-12cm Tepals: 6-8; 6.5cm long, 4cm wide, long-pointed overlapping at base, margins slightly wavy Leaves: ternate