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Clematis 'Musashi'

Medium to large flowers varying from mauve (sometimes with white to either side of a mauve bar) to sky-blue, but characteristically speckled with small, whitish circles . Dark red anthers.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
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	r2001
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	florida x Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: (8-) 12-18cm Tepals: 6; elliptic, overlapping, pointed