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Clematis 'Edith'

Medium to large white flowers with dark brown or purple-red anthers. Early flowers have a green bar. Named after the raiser's mother. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 3.0 metres
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.	May Jun Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Raymond Evison
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1974 i1974
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Seedling of 'Mrs. Cholmondeley'
Further detail:	Flower diameter 10-15 (-20)cm Tepals: 6-8; obovate to elliptic, grooved, may be gappy at base, margin somewhat recurved Leaves: ternate