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Clematis 'Laura Jayne'

Large, flat flowers opening mauve-pink, maturing to rose-pink, ageing pale pink with purplish midveins (except for whitish base). Filaments mauve-pink, ageing to pale pink; connectives dark crimson-purple; anthers pale reddish purple. Fruit-heads persistent.

Named after the raiser

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 \| Jul
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Bernard Allen
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2004 n2006
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Doctor Ruppel (s) x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 26cm Tepals: 8; 12cm long, 3cm wide, elliptic, overlapping above base (though sometimes becoming gappy at base as margins recurve), slightly wavy margins, tip acute, distinct apiculus