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Clematis 'Nagara'

Large, reddish purple flowers with paler middle bar. Anthers reddish purple. The cultivar name is the name of the river which pours into Nagoya bay.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	kozo Sugimoto
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1990
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-15 cm Tepals: 6; elliptic, apiculate