Large pure white flowers with a lavender-blue cast at first opening, occasionally semi-double, with prominent creamy-yellow stamens.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Victor Lemoine
Country of origin:	France
Date raised:	1862
Parentage:	lanuginosa x patens
Other name(s):	'Candida'; lanuginosa var candida; 'Lanuginosa Candida'; lanuginosa 'Candida'
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 18-21cm Tepals: 6-8 (single form), deeply overlapping Click here for the text of an IClS article about this clematis Database entry: 713