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Clematis 'Plum Beauty' ('Pruinina')

Small, drooping, bell-shaped violet to purple tepals edged and veined in paler blue-mauve. Originally named 'Pruiniana' but later renamed by Dr Johnson 'Plum Beauty'.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 4.0 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.	Apr May
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1972
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C. fauriei x C. sibirica f2
Other name(s):	C barbellata 'Pruiniana'; 'Pruiniana'; alpina 'Pruiniana'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7-8cm Tepals: 4, 4.8-5.5cm long, 1.4-1.8cm wide, narrowly oblong-ovate to lanceolate