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Clematis 'King's Birthday'

Large white flowers, suffused lavender on bar and towards base. Purple or purple-red anthers. The cultivar was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society on the birthday of King Edward VIII.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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
Raised by:	Ernest Markham
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1938
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-18cm Tepals: 8; elliptic, overlapping, apiculate, margin somewhat wavy