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Clematis 'Violetta'

Pinkish-purple flowers with blue-mauve veining. Red-purple anthers on pinkish filaments. Robin Savill notes in his catalogue that "this cultivar was christened, with a glass of wine, by Magnus Johnson at the 1994 International Clematis Society conference in Elmshorn, Germany."

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 - 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.	May Jun Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	F M Westphal
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1989 i1994
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Seedling of 'Nelly Moser'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-16cm Tepals: 6-8; narrow, pointed