Large flowered cultivar with pale to dark blue tepals and creamy yellow stamens. Named after a district in Japan.

In common with The International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002 we have previously listed two forms called 'Ishibe' - this and one apparently raised by Kioshi Kashimoto. Investigation has revealed that the latter form never existed but arose as the result of some poor research for a Japanese publication which wrongly attributed the raiser. This incorrect information was picked up and repeated in Magnus Johnson's Slaktet Klematis (The Genus Clematis) thereby misleading CotW, the Register and others.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s):	May Jun
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Yoshitara Nishibe
Country of origin:	Japan
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 16-20cm Database entry: 978