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Clematis 'Mrs Villiers Lister'

Large white flowers with a pale pink tinge towards the base of the midribs. Purple-red anthers. The last listing given by Magnus Johnson for this cultivar is in 1935, Riekstina has the name on a list of 77 cultivars introduced into Latvia between 1870 and 1910. It now appears to be lost from cultivation - please contact us if you know otherwise.


Group: Early large-flowered group
Flowering period(s):  May Jun
Pruning: Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by: Charles Noble
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date raised:  b 1873
Parentage:  'Standishii' x 'Fortunei'
Other name(s): 'Mrs Villiers Listre'
Further detail: Tepals: 8, narrow, lanceolate