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Clematis 'Fujimusume'

Large, sky-blue flowers with cream-yellow anthers. The name 'Fujimusume' means 'Girl Under Wisteria Bloom' and is the title of a girl's solo dance.

The International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002 gives the parentage of this cultivar as 'Asagasumi' x 'The President' on the basis that 'Asagiri' had not been traced and was probably an error. Just before the Register went to print, 'Asagiri' was traced and included, however the reference to a probable mistake was overlooked and went uncorrected.

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 - 3.0 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 Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Seejuuroo Arai
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1952
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Asagiri' x 'The President'
Other name(s):	Mis-spellings: 'Fuji Musume'; 'Fujimusumi'; 'Fuzimusume'; 'Huzimusume'; 'Fujimu Sumi'; 'Fuji-musume'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: 6-8; elliptic or narrowly obovate, overlaping, short-pointed Leaves:ternate