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Clematis 'Lavender Twirl'

Small, drooping, broadly bell-shaped flowers: inside mainly creamy white in centre of sepal from base, feathering into lavender-blue margins and tips; outside first opening purplish blue, then swiftly becoming two-toned with lavender-blue bar (clearly bounded by midribs) and broad, white margins. Filaments greenish; anthers white. Grown from seed obtained in the British Clematis Society annual seed exchange.

Group:	Viticella group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Jack Gittoes
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2004 fn2006 i2011
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 4-6cm Tepals: 4-6; 3-4cm long, 2.5cm wide, broadly elliptic to rhomboidal, slightly overlapping or touching at base, margins wavy and finely cut, tip obtuse and slightly to strongly recurved