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Clematis 'Thomas Strawford'

Large, purple-red flowers. Filaments pinkish white, conectives red-purple, anthers pale yellow.

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
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:	K Bolinder
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	2005 i2013
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Poulvo' open pollinated
Further detail:	Flower diameter: (10-) 14 (-16)cm Tepals: 6-8; 5-6cm long x 1-1.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping up to half, rounded to acute at tip with mucronate apex Stamens: 60-70