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Image from Revue de l'horticulture Beige et étrangère (1880)

Clematis 'Vesta'

Large, fragrant, white flowers with a creamy bar. Red-purple anthers. The form appears lost to cultivation.

The image shows 'Vesta' with lanuginosa 'Perfection'.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Fragrant:	Yes
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
Raised by:	G Jackman & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1871 i1872
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Jackmanii' x x patens
Other name(s):	Listed erroneously by Riekstina and Riekstina as 'Veste'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-16cm Tepals: 8 or more; elliptic, apiculate Leaves: ternate