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Clematis 'Best Wishes'

Large white flowers with purple tint and with pale purple central stripe speckled white. Filaments white, dark purple anthers. Stems purple when young, becoming red-purple. Leaves purple when young.

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.	Jun 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	r1996 f1998 n2007 i2008
Parentage: (s) = seed parent
Further detail:	Tepals: 6; 5-6cm long, 4cm wide, elliptic, somewhat long-pointed, overlapping