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Clematis 'Maiden's Dream'

Large, flat, pale purple flowers with a pale yellow-green bar; outside pale violet with a yellow-green bar; over time the bar colour comes to resemble that of the tepal. Filaments pale yellow-green; connectives and anthers greyish purplish red; pollen yellow-white. Pistils yellow-white. Seed-heads persistent.

"When this clematis starts to flower the sepals are slightly pinkish and the centre of the flower has a faint yellow colour. The contrast of these colours is reminiscent of a pure maiden's dream."

Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	0.5 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	r2008 n2020
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Dawn' (s) x 'Dorothy Tolver'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 11.5-16.2 cm Tepals: 5.5-8.0 cm long x 2.8-4.3 cm wide, elliptic, thick and fleshy, overlapping at base (in very mature flowers tepals with gaps between and touching at base only), long-pointed, tips recurved