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Clematis 'Plinius'

Double, bell-shaped, drooping, fragrant, purple-violet flowers, darker on the outside. named after the Roman writer and naturalist Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder.

Group:	Atragene group
Fragrant:	Yes
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
Further detail:	Tepals: 4.5cm long, 2cm wide, broadly lanceolate, tip somewhat recurved