Commercially available

• C. 'Caerulea'
• C. coerulea Lindl.
• C. viticella 'Coerulea Grandiflora'
• C. patens C. Morren. & Decne.
• Caerulea
• Clematis azurea
• Clematis azurea grandiflora
• Clematis florida azurea
• Kazaguruma
• Patens
• Patens Blue

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Bred by Unknown(Japan) (Japan, before 1836).
Introduced in Netherlands by Philipp von Siebold in 1836 as 'Patens'.

Group 3, Species.  

Deep blue, purple stamens, ages to pink .  6 to 8 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Large, single bloom form.  Mid-to-late summer.  

Height: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm).  

USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Plant in sun or partial shade.  Suitable for growing in a container.  It blooms on the previous year's growth, so resist the urge to prune it in early spring.  In early spring, cut back to just above the lowest set of healthy buds.  

Diploid

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Native in China and Japan.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 3: 173 1836.