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Clematis 'Fond Memories'

Large, pale, pinky-white flowers with a rosy-lavender margin and a satin sheen, darker rosy-lavender on the reverse of the tepals. May require winter protection in cold areas, remains semi-evergreen in these circumstances. Florida var sieboldiana is normally a sterile form but occasionally, as here, a flower will produce fertile seed. This form is a selection from such seed. Introduced by Thorncroft Clematis Nursery, UK, at the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Geoffrey Tolver
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	f1999 n2003
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	florida var sieboldiana x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-17cm Tepals: 6; ovate-elliptic, overlapping, apiculate