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Clematis 'Emily Meriol'

Small nodding or drooping, cylindrical, violet flowers. Mature flowers are paler and flecked violet towards the tepal tips, especially inside. Light yellow-green filaments and green-yellow anthers. Fruit heads persistent. Named after the raiser's goddaughter (Sarah Emily Fookes) and her mother (Helen Meriol Fookes).

Group:	Integrifolia 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	V Le May Neville-Parry
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	rc2003 n2008
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Raised from seed labelled as C. x cylindrica
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 4cm Tepals: 4-6; prominent veins; 4cm long, 1.5cm wide, overlapping at base, long pointed, tips recurved