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Clematis 'Gillian Blades'

Large or very large, wavy-edged, white flowers. The flowers may have tepals which are tinged mauve or pale blue at the edges. Yellow anthers. Gillian Blades was one of the raiser's secretaries. 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.	2.0 - 2.5 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 Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Jim Fisk
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1975
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Lasurstern' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-23cm Tepals: 6-8; broadly elliptic, pointed, margin wavy