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Image from Flore des Serres 1863

Clematis 'Fortunei'

Medium to large, double flowers, greenish at first but turning white tinged pink. The flowers smell of orange blossom and have pale yellow stamens. The cultivar was introduced by Robert Fortune from a Japanese garden and sent to John Standish in 1860. The form seems lost to cultivation.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Fragrant:	Yes
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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 Jul
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	ic1860
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	fortunei; patens var fortunei; patens 'Fortunei'; florida var fortunei; florida 'Fortunei';
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-15cm Outer tepals: narrowly oblong, apiculate, stalked, downy outside