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Clematis 'Kongo'

Large, dark red-purple flowers. Filaments pale purple; connectives dark purple-violet; anthers white. Seed-heads persistent. The name can mean "kimono", "brilliant diamond" or "adamantine" in Japanese. Attributed to Florida Group by the raiser which we treat as part of the larger "early large-flowered group".

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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 Aug Sep
Raised by:	Mariko Nakanishi
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2009 n2015
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	florida var. florida 'Sieboldiana' [florida 'Sieboldii] (s) x 'Allanah'
Other name(s):	Alternative spellings: 'Kongo', 'Kongoo', 'Kongou'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 13-15cm Tepals: 6; broadly elliptic, overlapping half, margins smooth, tips rounded to cuspidate