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Clematis 'Sharpie'

Medium sized, semi-double rich red-purple flowers. White filaments, flushed purple at the base, greenish yellow towards the tip; connectives green; anthers white. Named after the spiky look of the flowers but also the nickname of "The Little Sharpie" given to Brewster Rogerson by his students. Initially this seedling was given the tentative name 'Spikey', but that epithet was never established and was amended for registration to avoid potential confusion with Zospi SPIKY.)

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 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.	Apr May Aug
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Brewster Rogerson
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2003 n2010 i2011
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown paraentage, but possibly involving 'Clochette Pride'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10cm Tepals: 4; ovate-lanceolate, overlapping at base, elongated twisted tip sometimes twisted