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Clematis 'Purple Star'

Medium to large flowers, inside brilliant violet with a slightly reddish bar, outside brilliant violet with pronounced white bar (sometimes tinged purple near tip). The colours changes from dark purple to light purple depending on the developing stage. Stamens numerous; filaments white; connectives black; anthers white.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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 Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Takeshi Sato
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b2012 s2013 n2015
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling; parentage unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm, Anthers: Dark Purple, Tepals: 6-8; 8cm long x 5mm wide, ovate, overlapping half, margins only very slightly wavy, tip cuspidate