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Clematis 'Mushi'

Large white flowers with white or purple stamens.

This is an extraordinary form. Originally it was named 'Mushi' meaning 'insect' because the stamens bend like insect legs (see top flower in photograph) but the commercial grower did not like it and so it was changed to 'Mushi', same transliteration but different glyphs, meaning 'neglect'. The plant can also produce white stamens which do not open. Both forms can appear on one plant, as shown.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
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
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Tetsuya Hirota
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1995
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15cm Tepals: 6-8