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Clematis 'Mercury'

Medium-sized, white flowers, sometimes semi-double in early blooms, opening pale pink, maturing to white, in some lights with a blue-grey tinge. Yellow stamens.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 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
Raised by:	Ken Pyne
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1987 f1990
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Lilactime' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-12.5cm Tepals: 8; elliptic, overlapping, margin wavy