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Clematis 'Aphrodite'

Pale blue tepals heavily marked with blue-purple veins. White filaments, blue-purple anthers.

Originally listed in the International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002, second supplement as a trade name for 'Aphrodite Elegafumina', this is now understood to be a 'sibling' of that cultivar.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Masatake Udagawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1990
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	florida 'bicolor' x integrifolia 'Hendersonii'
Other name(s):	Wrongly: 'Afrodite'
Further detail:	Tepals: 4 (-6); very gappy, wavy margins, tips recurved