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Clematis 'First Love'

Medium- to large-sized, semi-double, white flowers occasionally tinged green along midribs of outer tepals. Filaments white; connectives greenish yellow; anthers pale yellow or white. Seed-heads persistent.

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.	Jun Jul Aug
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	4 5 6 7 8 9
Raised by:	S Marczynski
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1999 n2015 i2016
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling; parentage unknown
Further detail:	Sepals and sepaloid staminodes 20-30; 2-7cm long x 1-3cm wide, narrowly elliptic, touching at base, wavy-margined, long-pointed with cuspidate or acuminate tip.