Very large flowers. Pearly white tepals, initially tinged pale mauve, with a broad cream bar which is often tinged pink at the tips. The tepals have beautiful wavy edges. The stamens are prominent and provide a dramatic contrast, pink filaments with deep brownish-red anthers. A striking hybrid of C. lanuginosa x C. patens. Raised by Lemoine et Fils, Nancy, France in 1865 and named in honour of Mr. Froebel, a prominent Zurich nurseryman of that era. In 1912, William Robinson in his book 'The Virgin's Bower' lists this cultivar as "trusted to give lovely effects if culture and position be all [it] deserves."

Group:	Early large-flowered 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
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:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Lemoine et Fils
Country of origin:	France
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1865
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	C. lanuginosa x C. patens
Other name(s):	lanuginosa 'Otto Froebel'