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'Fabius'

Drooping, bell-shaped purple-violet flowers, greeny-yellow or white at the margin of the tepals. Staminodes green-yellow at the tips. Named after the Roman statesman and general, Fabius Maximus.

Group: Atragene group
Approximate height: 2.0 - 2.5 metres
Pruning: No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by: Magnus Johnson
Country of origin: Sweden
Date raised: 1979
Parentage: 'Blushing Ballerina' x koreana var fragrans
Other name(s): None known

Further detail:

Flower diameter: c7cm
Tepals: 5-6cm long, 1.8-2cm wide, lanceolate, recurved tip

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Magnus Johnson