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Clematis viorna

Small, bell-shaped or urn-shaped, drooping flowers, outside lavender to violet-blue or red-purple tending to cream at the tips, inside pale green or yellow. Pale yellow anthers on white filaments. Introduced into the UK from from eastern U.S.A. in 1730.

Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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.	May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Country of origin:	USA
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Species
Other name(s):	viorna var flaccida; viorna flaccida; northern leather-flower. Wrongly: texensis 'Viorna'
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; (1.5-) 2.5-4cm long, ovate-lanceolate, thick and fleshy, tip recurved, margin cream