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Clematis 'Shapira'

Small to medium, purple-red flowers. Green filaments, purple anthers.

Group:	Viticella 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:	Willem Straver
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2003 f2004 ni2006
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	withheld
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7cm Tepals: 4 (-6); 3.5cm long, 3.5cm wide, broadly elliptic to obovate, blunt, touching