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Image from Moore & Jackman (1877) 'The Clematis as a Garden Flower'

Clematis 'Rubella'

Large, deep claret-purple flowers with velvety tepals and pale yellow anthers. This Jackman's cultivar is mentioned by Markham (1935) and Whitehead (1959) but now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise.

The plate reproduced from Moore & Jackman (1877) shows 'Rubella' with 'Marmorata'.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
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.	Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
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	1858
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	viticella 'Atrorubens' x lanuginosa
Other name(s):	'Jackmani Rubella'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 16-18cm Tepals: 4-6