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Clematis 'YAKU050'

Medium- to large-sized flowers, upper surface very pale purple, with bar strong reddish purple edged light purple, ageing to deep purplish pink; lower surface opening very pale purple, maturing to moderate purplish pink with strong yellow-green bar. Filaments yellowish white; anthers dark yellowish pink.

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 \| Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Light pruning (Group 2)
Raised by:	P K Sorensen
Country of origin:	New Zealand
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1996
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Marie Boisselot’ (s) × ‘Nelly Moser’
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-15cm Tepals: 6-8; 6–10cm long × 3–4cm wide, obovate, slightly overlapping, base rounded, margins slightly wavy, tip acute