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Clematis 'Lucretius'

Broadly bell-shaped, drooping, red-violet flowers with greenish-yellow staminodes. Named after the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus).

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1979
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Blushing Ballerina' x koreana var fragrans
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7-9cm Tepals: 4-4.5cm long, 1.2-2cm wide, lanceolate to almost elliptic, pointed, margin curved upwards Leaves: ternate