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Clematis 'Ribble Red'

Small, urn shaped pinkish red flowers with whitish margins towards tip accentuated by dense white down, and inside of flower filled with dense yellow down. Filaments cream; anthers yellow. Fruit-heads persistent.

The Ribble is a Lancashire river which flows near where both the selector lives. The original stock was raised from seed received via the British Clematis Society seed exchange.

Group:	Viorna 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 Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	H Grounds
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2009 n2012
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Everett' open-pollinated
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 2-2.5cm Tepals: 4; 3-4cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, ovate, thick and fleshy, fused at base, touching above point at which they split, long-pointed with tips recurved