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Clematis 'Dirk Chevalier'

Single, broadly bell-shaped flowers. Inside they are a purplish-pink spotted whits, the outside of the tepals is white with a pale purple tinge. White filaments with cream anthers. The cultivar was named after the President of the 'Royal Gardening and Agricultural Society of Antwerp' ('Koninklijke Tuin- en Landbouwmaatschappij van Antwerpen').

Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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.	July
Raised by:	Roger Van Loon
Country of origin:	Belgium
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1990 f1995 n2003
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Mevrouw Le Coultre' x viorna
Further detail:	Tepals: 5; 4.5cm long, 1.8cm wide, obovate, thick and fleshy, long-pointed, tip recurved Leaves: divided into triternate leaflets further divided into three