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Clematis 'Flepp'

Japanese large-flowered variety, tepals cream white. White filaments and brown pollen. The underside of the tepals has a beautiful purple-red colouring (see photo). At first opening the flower reveals its texensis parentage, but then goes on to open further into a flatter flower. The cultivar name means "red berry" in the language of a former occupant of Japan.

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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sunny
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Makoto Iijima
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1989
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	florida x texensis
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6-8 cm