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Clematis 'Ernest Markham'

Large rich red-purple flowers with a redder bar. Yellow to brown anthers with a red-purple connective.

The original plant came from a batch of seeds given to Jackman's nursery in Woking, UK. It was named by Roland Jackman after Ernest Markham, William Robinson's Head Gardener at Gravetye Manor in Sussex. Markham was himself the author of books on clematis. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

If pruned as a Group 2 the cultivar gives a few early flowers which are sometimes double. The main crop of flowers is in late summer and for this reason many people treat the form as a Group 3.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 5.0 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Ernest Markham
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1926 n1937 i1938
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	Mis-spelling: 'Earnest Markham'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: 6 (-8); elliptic to obovate, overlapping, apiculate, margin crimped