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Clematis 'The Queen'

Large, pale lavender flowers with brown-purple anthers. According to Johnson, the flowers are fragrant with a "sharp scent of cowslip". This cultivar is mentioned by Markham (1935) and Whitehead (1959) but now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Fragrant:	Yes
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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	G Jackman & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	c1871
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C patens x 'Jackmani'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 16cm Tepals: 8, braod elliptic, deeply overlapping