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Clematis 'Ruby Tuesday'

Small, urn-shaped flowers opening dark ruby-red, maturing paler to purple with distinct, pinkish white margins. Filaments cream; anthers yellow. Seed-heads persistent.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Richard Hodson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2007 ni2015
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	pitcheri (s) x un-named, reddish flowered, Viorna Group seedling
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 2cm Tepals: 4; 3cm long x 1.2cm wide, triangular, thick and fleshy, fused in basal half, tip recurved, sometimes twisted and slightly downy