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Clematis '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: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1979
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Blushing Ballerina' x koreana var fragrans
Further detail:	Flower diameter: c7cm Tepals: 5-6cm long, 1.8-2cm wide, lanceolate, recurved tip