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Clematis 'Prince Philip'

Large, rosy-mauve flowers, with a bright pink-red bar. Light brown anthers on white filaments. Reintroduced to the UK from the USA in the 1980s by Raymond Evison.

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.	May Jun Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	A H Steffen
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1977
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C. viticella 'atrorubens' x C. lanuginosa
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-20 (-25) cm Tepals: 6-8; strongly wrinkled,overlapping, twisting with age, apiculate, margin wavy Leaves: ternate