Clematis on the Web :: clematis detail
Clematis 'Sunset'

Medium to large, velvety-red flowers with a faint purple tinge at the margin. Usually with a redder bar. Yellow anthers with dark connective.


Group: Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:  2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s):  Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by: Arthur H Steffen
Country of origin: USA
Date raised:  ic1990
Parentage:  Unknown
Further detail: Flower diameter: 10-17cm
Tepals: (5-) 6-8; broadly elliptic, overlapping, tip recurved