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'Kifujin-no-tashinami'

Small flowers, light purple with open bell-shaped mouth, inside pale yellow. Yellow anthers.

Not to be confused with 'Kifujin' of Masako Takeuchi. The cultivar's form reminded the raiser of a noble lady of high society wearing an elegant dress enjoying the tea time in the afternoon and this gave rise to the name.

Group: Viorna group
Approximate height: 3.0 - 5.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning: Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by: Yuji Sekiguchi
Country of origin: Japan
Date raised: r2012 i2016
Parentage: Selected seed of Clematis ‘Crispa’
Other name(s): None known

Further detail:

Flower diameter: 2.5 - 3.0 cm
Tepals: 4; broad, margins strongly crinkled, tips strongly recurved.