"Heather" wrote in message
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Morning all

In a VERY sheltered area right next to the house, I have a
summer-flowering
clematis still covered in buds.

Of course it's not labelled. : (

Large-flowered, the white buds have very definite green stripes up the
centre of the petals - most easily visible on the underside. As the
flower
opens, the green colour fades a bit and the flower is almost completely
white on the upper surface of the petals. Then as it matures it becomes a
very pale pink.

People who lived here before were not great plant lovers so I would think
it's probably a "garden centre special", most likely sold as a "climbing
plants pair" with the honeysuckle (labelled, naturally!) growing next to
it.

Any ideas?

Heather

Try looking at pictures of 'Dawn' but there are a lot of contenders and of
course these late flowers whilst very welcome are generally not typical for
colour.
The best site for id' ing clematis is http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk
good luck
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)