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Clematis 'Yatsuhashi' (Hirota 1995)

Japanese large-flowered variety, tepals deep reddish purple with white middle bar. Anthers orange yellow. The width of the bar ranges from negligable to wide.

The cultivar name is that of a district (=eight bridges) and also the name of a nursery famous for its cultivation of iris laevigata. Not to be confused with a cultivar of the same name raised by General Sakurai.

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	'Kakio' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-15 cm Tepals: 6-8