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Clematis vinacea

Small, nodding, urn-shaped flowers pinkish purple (or reddish or pinkish) on both surfaces, with tips paler pink, green or white. Seedheads persistent.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 - 1.5 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
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Country of origin:	Appalachian Mountains, SE USA
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Species
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 1.5-3cm long x 0.6-1.5cm wide, erect, densely sericeous, oblong to oblanceolate, thick and leathery, touching but not fused, long-pointed with acuminate, recurved tips