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'Sarabande' clematis Description
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'BFCCSAR' clematis photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
Origin:
Bred by Barry Fretwell (United Kingdom, 2000).
Introduced in France by Globe Planter in 2013 as 'Sarabande'.
Class:
Early Large Flowered.  
Bloom:
up to 6 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Medium, single bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, late summer to early autumn.  
Habit:

Height: 5'11" to 8'2" (180 to 250cm).  Width: 20" to 32" (50 to 80cm).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 26,880  on  28 Jun 2016   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/999,898  on  31 Mar 2014
The new cultivar is the result of chance discovery in Hoganas Sweden. The inventor is Barry Fretwell. The new variety was discovered as the result of a breeding program conducted in South Exeter, Great Britain. The seed parent is an unpatented, proprietary Clematis lanuginosa seedling referred to as ‘P57’, the pollen parent is the unpatented variety Clematis lanuginosa ‘Mrs. N Thompson’. The cross was made Jun. 12, 2000, and the selection of the new variety was made in June 2002.
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