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Clematis 'Silver Moon'

Large, satiny, silvery-mauve flowers with paler bar, creamy-white filaments and cream or yellow anthers. Introduced by Jim Fisk in 1971. The variety received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 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.	May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Percy Picton
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1971
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: (11-) 15-20cm Tepals: 6-8; elliptic, overlapping, blunt, margin slightly wavy Leaves: ternate