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Clematis 'Sokojiro'

Large or very large flowers, pale to mid- mauve-blue with paler, sometimes creamy white, bars. Filaments creamy white; connectives dark red-purple.

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 - 2.5 metres
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	H Takeuchi
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b2011
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-22cm Tepals: 6-7; elliptic, overlapping half (giving fls somewhat star-shaped appearance), with slightly wavy margins, long-pointed with acuminate to cuspidate tips