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Clematis 'Barbara Houser'

Small to medium-sized, semi-double or double, bell-shaped, deep reddish-purple flowers with a purple bar. Filaments cream. Fruit heads persistent. Named after a long-time friend of the raiser.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 or less 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 Aug Sep
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Brewster Rogerson
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	rb2004 n2013
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	koreana (s) x unknown
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 4cm long, 1.5cm wide, narrowly elliptic, gappy, strongly recurved margins when fully mature, tips acuminate. Staminodes: usually 4; like tepals but usually shorter (3-4cm long)