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Clematis 'Akemi'

Large pale mauve-pink flowers with a slight pinker stripe. Deep red-purple anthers on cream filaments. Best grown in a shady position to prevent fading. The flowers have a strong tendancy to double.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.8-2.5 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 Sep Oct
Aspect:	Shade
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Goro Jōsha
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1985
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 14-15cm Tepals: 6-8, ovate to elliptic, deeply overlapping, apiculate