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Clematis 'Lasurstern'

Large or very large, deep lavender-blue flowers that fade with age in early summer, smaller flowers later. Deep cream or yellow anthers on white filaments. The variety received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 4.0 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 Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Raised by:	Goos & Koenemann
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	ic1905
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Etoile d'Azur'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-23cm (early), 10-13cm (late) Tepals: 6-8 (-9), overlapping, tapering to acute points