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Clematis 'Reetta Lotta'

Single, flat or flattish, medium to large, pinkish purple flowers fading to pinkish white. White bar. Rarely flowers may be semi-double or double. Filaments white at base, shading through red-purple to dark violet connectives; anthers red-purple. Fruit heads persistent.

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
Pruning:	Light pruning (Group 2)
Raised by:	J Räsänen
Country of origin:	Finland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2005 n2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Miss Bateman' (s) x 'Westerplatte'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: 6-8; 5-7.5cm long, 3-4.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping, with margins very slightly wavy and an apiculate tip sometimes recurved