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Clematis 'Goshozome'

Large, flattish pale purple flowers with a slightly paler bar; outside pale purple with a purple-red bar; flowers become whitish with age. Filaments white with a brown spot halfway along length; anthers pale yellow. Seed-heads persistent.

'Goshozome' is a light and astringent red colour which the tepals resemble.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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.	Apr May
Raised by:	T Sano
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2009 n2019
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	SUGAR CANDY 'Evione' (s) x 'Herbert Johnson'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 11.4-18 cm Tepals: 6-8; 5.7-9 cm long x 2.4-3.8 cm wide, narrowly elliptic, overlapping, wavy-margined, long-pointed, tips slightly recurved