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Clematis 'Sue Reade'

Small, bell-shaped flowers, outside pale lilac-grey over a pinkish white ground; inside rose-pink, heavily overlaid with plum-purple veining. Seed heads persistent. Named after the North-West Group Organiser for the British Clematis Society.

Group:	Viorna 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Richard Hodson
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2012 ni2016
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Kahori-no-Kimi x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 3cm Tepals: 4; 3cm long x 1.5 cm wide, elliptic, thick and fleshy, fused in basal two-thirds, distal one-third with strongly frilled margins and recurved tip