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Clematis 'Queen Alexandra'

Large pale lavender flowers, more purple towards the base and with a silvery white bar. White filaments with yellow anthers. In 1912, William Robinson in his book 'The Virgin's Bower' lists this cultivar as "trusted to give lovely effects if culture and position be all [it] deserves."

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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.	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	G Jackman & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1912
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	Wrongly: 'Queen Alexander'
Further detail:	Tepals: 8; narrowly elliptic, pointed, margin wavy