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Clematis terniflora 'Early Snow'

Small, normally cruciform, flowers opening creamy white, maturing bright white. Filaments and connectives opening pale green, maturing through pale yellow to white; anthers white. Semi-evergreen.

Group:	Flammula group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 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.	Sep Oct Nov
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Szczepan Marczynski
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2002 ni2014
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Raised from seed collected from the wild in Japan
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 2-3.5cm Tepals: 4 (-5); 1-1.5cm long, 0.5-0.7cm wide, narrowly oblong, gappy and widely spaced, rounded at tip but with a distinct apiculus