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Clematis 'Hakuokan'

Large flowers, inside deep violet to blue-purple, sometimes with paler bar veined with purple, outside with wide white bar. Early flowers are sometimes semi-double. Filaments white; anthers pale yellow to creamy white. Seedheads persistent.

The name means 'white royal crown'. Introduced into the U.K. by Jim Fisk in 1971. Magnus Johnson in Slaktet Klematis suggests that 'Hakuokan' (sic) was raised by Esio Kubota.

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 - 3.5 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 \| Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Yoshio Kubota
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1957
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	The President x unknown
Other name(s):	'Hakuokan'; 'Haku-
Further detail:	Flower diameter: (12-) 15-18 (-20)cm Tepals: 7-8; lanceolate, overlapping, pointed, margin somewhat wavy