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Clematis 'Black Ice'

Small, white flowers with a breen base. Yellow stamens. Evergreen with very dark, almost black, leaves. Flowers August and September in the Southern hemisphere.

Group:	Forsteri group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 - 1.5 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.	Feb Mar
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	R Russell
Country of origin:	New Zealand
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i2008
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Derived from seed of a Havering Hybrid obtained from Graham Hutchins.
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 4cm Sepals: 8; elliptic, overlapping, blunt