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Clematis 'Zijuan'

Medium to large, flat or flattish, purple-red flowers. Filaments white at base becoming very pale purple; connectives and anthers purplish red.

Zijuan, was a character from "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 - 1.5 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.	Apr
Raised by:	L F Li, S A Wang, Y Li , P Wang
Country of origin:	China
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2015 n2021
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	PINK CHAMPAGNE 'Kakio' (s) x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-15 cm Tepals: 8; elliptic to broadly elliptic, overlapping, rounded at tip but with a small apiculus