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'Marie Therese' clematis Description
'YAKU050' clematis photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
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Commercially available
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Origin:
Bred by Peer K. Sorensen (New Zealand, 1996).
Class:
Early Large Flowered, Group 2.  
Bloom:
Light purple, violet-red stripes, ages to deep pink .  6 to 8 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Medium, single bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, midsummer to early autumn.  
Habit:

Height: 8'2" to 9'10" (250 to 300cm).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 24,492  on  27 May 2014   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/385,655  on  28 Feb 2012
Inventors: Sorensen; Peer (Waitara, NZ)
The new cultivar is the result of a breeding program, resulting from a crossing made in 1996. ... The new variety was discovered as a seedling resulting from the crossing of the seed parent, Clematis hybrid `Maria Boisselo`, unpatented with the pollen parent Clematis hybrid `Nelly Moser`, unpatented. The discovery was made in 2000.
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