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Clematis 'Richard Pennell'

Large rosy-purple to purple-blue or violet flowers with a deep pink or purple-violet bar. Cream or yellow anthers on red or purple filaments. Named in 1974 by Walter Pennell after his son. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 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.	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Walter Pennell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1962 ni1974
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Vyvyan Pennell' x 'Daniel Deronda'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 14-20cm Tepals: (6-) 8; 7-9cm long, 4-4.5cm wide, ovate, overlapping, apiculate, margin wavy