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'Flamenco Dancer' clematis Description
'BFCCFLA' clematis photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
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Commercially available
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Origin:
Bred by Barry Fretwell (United Kingdom, 2005).
Introduced in Germany by F.M. Westphal Clematiskulturen in 2013 as 'Flamenco Dancer'.
Class:
Early Large Flowered, Group 2.  
Bloom:
Violet-red.  None / no fragrance.  Average diameter 4.25".  Medium, double bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, late summer to early autumn.  
Habit:

Height: 7¼' to 10½' (220 to 320cm).  Width: 20" to 28" (50 to 70cm).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 27,666  on  14 Feb 2017   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/545,362  on  27 Apr 2015
The new cultivar is the result of planned breeding program, conductor by the inventor, Barry Fretwell in Exeter, Great Britain. The seed parent is an unnamed, unpatented, proprietary Clematis lanuginose. The pollen parent is an unpatented, proprietary Clematis patens referred to as seedling number 3/9/6. The cross was made during 2005 and the selection of the new variety was made in 2007.
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