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Clematis 'Kenhelen'

Large, white flowers suffused pale blue along broad margins and overlaid with a very pale, grey-green tinged purple bar. Filaments pale greenish white; connectives red-purple. Named after Ken Black (British Clematis Society Membership Secretary) and his wife Helen.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	H Caddick
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2015 n2016
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 17cm Tepals: 7-8; 9cm long x 5 cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping half to two-thirds, with wavy to ruffled margins, long-pointed with apiculate to cuspidate tips