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Clematis 'Hoshimeguri'

Medium sized bluish purple flower with cream and later pinkish white bar. Deep reddish-brown anthers on yellow filaments.

The name comes from 'Hoshimeguri no Uta', which literally means 'The song of the circling stars', written by Kenji Miyazawa, a late famous Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature from Hanamaki City, Iwate prefecture.

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 Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Tatsuyuki Oikawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2010
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-11 cm