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Photo © F Wein

Clematis 'Starry Nights'

Large, flat or flattish bright purple flowers with a lustrous bar flushed red, especially towards the base, tepals becoming paler with age. Filaments mainly white, red-purple towards top, with violet-purple connectives; anthers white.

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 \| Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Light pruning (Group 2)
Raised by:	F Wein
Country of origin:	Canada
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2004 n2007 i2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Nelly Moser' (s) x 'The President'
Other name(s):	Vancouver Starry Nights
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-18cm Tepals: 8; overlapping at base, with slightly wavy margins, long-pointed