A beautiful Japanese cultivar. Large, vivid pink flowers with a paler central bar and contrasting yellow stamens. One of the earliest flowering large-flowered varieties, mid May-June, and again in August-September. It doesn’t like extremely hot, sunny areas. Suitable for growing over arbors, pergolas, trellises and various garden supports. It can clamber over natural supports such as small trees, conifers and shrubs. An excellent clematis for small gardens and for growing in large containers on terraces and balconies.