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Clematis 'Charmant'

Large, very pale purple, occasionally pale purple-pink when the flower has just opened. Base of flower and central bar flushed pale yellow-green on opening but maturing to very pale purple. Filaments purple-pink, anthers and connectives purple-red. Seed heads persistent.

'Charmant' is French for 'charming'.

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	r2015 n2021
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Arabella' (Fretwell 1994) (s) x 'Westerplatte'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 11 - 14.4 cm Tepals: 6-8; 5.5-7.2 cm long x 3.0-4.5 cm wide, narrowly to broadly elliptic, rarely obovate, overlapping, with slightly wavy margins, tip acute to abruptly acute with apiculate apex, tip slightly recurved.