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Clematis 'Cragside'

Medium sized, bell shaped violet tepals with violet staminodes.

Note that whilst the official description of this cultivar states that it is 'violet', all the specimens we have seen have been more towards a pinky-red as shown in the photographs.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	Apr May
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Edmund Phillips
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1997
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	alpina x unknown
Further detail:	Tepals: 4, staminodes: c10; 5cm long x 2cm wide