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Clematis 'Bagatelle' [Dorothy Walton]

Large mauve flowers with a slightly darker bar. Long tapering tepals with white filaments and purple-violet anthers. This distinctive cultivar is named after a small castle in the Bois de Bologne outside Paris where it has been grown for many years. Jim Fisk gave it the name 'Dorothy Walton' after one of his customers who found a specimen, un-named, in her new garden. It later became apparent that the plant was almost certainly 'Bagatelle'. However, the 'Dorothy Walton' name has stuck.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1930
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Dorothy Walton'; Wrongly: 'Drosy Wollten'; 'Drossy Wolton'; 'Dorothea Walton'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: (4-) 6-8, gappy, pointed