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Clematis 'Hot Lips'

Small upward- or outward-facing, urn-shaped flowers, crimson red inside and out. Filaments and anthers creamy-yellow.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Jeremy Earl
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1996
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling of texensis
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 2.5-3cm Tepals: 4; 3-3.5cm long, 2cm wide, thick and fleshy, downy margins, tips recurved Leaves: simple