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Clematis tibetana subsp. vernayi 'Marmalade'

Small, broadly bell-shaped, nodding or drooping flowers. Outside brownish yellow-orange heavily mottled dark reddish-purple; inside orange-yellow with reddish-purple speckling. Filaments and connectives dark purple-red, anthers pale greenish-yellow. Seed heads persistent.

The name reflects the mottled flower colour.

Group:	Tangutica group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Richard Hodson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2016 n2021 i2022
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Selected from tibetana subsp. vernayi 'Marmalade'
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 3 cm long x 2 cm wide, elliptic, thick and fleshy, touching at base, long pointed with acute apex, tip point reflexed.