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Clematis 'Sarabande'

Large, purple-blue flowers with a narrow, redder bar. Filaments pinkish white or light purple-grey. Early flowers semi-double, second bloom single.

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 \| Aug Sep
Raised by:	Barry Fretwell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2000 ic2013
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	lanuginosa seedling (s) x 'Mrs N. Thompson'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 13-15cm Tepals: 6; 6.5-8 × 2.5-3.8cm, broadly elliptic to orbicular, slightly overlapping, with rounded tips with a mucronate apex