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Clematis 'Ruby Wedding NLP2' (New Leaf Plants)

Large, deep reddish pink flowers with a darker red bar. Margins age to a paler pink. Filaments white, tinged purple towards the top, connectives crimson, anthers purplish pink.

Not to be confused with Barry Fretwell's 'Ruby Wedding' in the texensis group.

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.	May Jun \| Sep
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	New Leaf Plants
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2002 n2009 i2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown: chance seedling
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-15cm Tepals: 6; 5-8cm long, 2-3cm wide, broadly elliptic, gappy, overlapping or touching above base, rounded at tip but apiculate