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Clematis 'Akane no tsubo'

Small, nodding, urn-shaped, glossy reddish-purple flowers. Filaments pale green; anthers creamy-yellow. Fruit heads persistent. The name means 'red urn'.

Group:	? Viorna 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.	Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Kazushige Ozawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	fs1996 ni2007
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown (chance seedling)
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 3cm Tepals: 4; 4cm long, 1.5cm wide, thick and fleshy, long-pointed, tips recurved, margins hairy, touching towards base