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Clematis 'Très Bien'

Large, purple flowers fading to light purple with age, outside with broad, bluish white midribs. Filaments light purple; connectives and anthers dark greyish purple; pollen whitish. Seed-heads persistent. The name means "very good" in French.

Fragrant:	Yes
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 or less 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
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	9a 9b
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	T Sano
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2009 n2017
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Huvi' (s) x 'Toki'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 11.5-14.5cm Tepals: (6-)7; 5.8-7.3cm long x 2-2.5 cm wide, downy outside, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, touching at base or slightly overlapping, margins slightly undulate, long-pointed with cuspidate apex, some tips slightly recurved