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Clematis 'Qiaojie'

Medium to large white flowers with a purple-pink bar that fades to a paler purple-pink with maturity. White anthers and filaments; connectives purple-red.

Qiaojie, was one of the twelve beauties of Jinling in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 - 1.5 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.	Apr May
Raised by:	L F Li, S A Wang, Y Li , P Wang
Country of origin:	China
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2015 n2021
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Bees' Jubilee' (s) x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15 cm Tepals: 7-8; broadly elliptic, overlapping, with slightly wavy margins, rounded at tip but with a distinct apiculus