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Clematis 'Kakitsubata'

Large, purple flowers with white filaments and yellow anthers. In Japan, Iris laevigata is called 'Kakitsubata'; since the flower resembled Iris laevigata, it was named Kakitsubata.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Tetsuya Hirota
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1995
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15cm Tepals: 6