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Clematis 'Fire of Marlene'

Large red flowers with cream anthers, having a red-brown connective, on white filaments. Named in memory of a gardening friend of the raiser.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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.	(Apr) May Jun (Jul Aug Sep)
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Brian Collingwood
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2002 f2003 n2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Selection from seedlings raised as
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15cm Tepals: 6-8; 7.5cm long, 2.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping at base, pointed, slightly wavy margin Leaves: ternate