Small to medium sized, flowers, inside vivid reddish purple, shading to strong purple towards margins [ageing to light purple]; outside deep purplish pink, shading to strong purple towards margins and with greyish purple midribs. Filaments moderate purple at base, shading to dull grey-purple above and deep purplish red below anthers; connectives dark red; anthers pale red-purple. Buds dark, red-purple.
The raiser classifies this cultivar as a member of the Patens Group which the International Clematis Register and Checklist includes within the 'Early large-flowered group'.
Group: | Early large-flowered group |
Approximate height: | 1.5 - 2.0 metres |
Flowering period(s): | Jun Jul Aug Sep |
USDA zones: | 6 7 8 9 |
Raised by: | Clematis nursery J van Zoest BV |
Country of origin: | Holland |
Date raised: | r2003 ni2014 |
Further detail: | Flower diameter: 6-10cm Tepals: 6; 5cm long x 3.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping midway but often gappy near base, with slightly wavy margins and tips long-pointed |