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Clematis 'Comtesse de Bouchaud'

Pink flowers with cream or pale yellow anthers. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. As early as 1912, William Robinson in his book 'The Virgin's Bower' lists this cultivar as "trusted to give lovely effects if culture and position be all [it] deserves." Named after the wife of a Count who had a garden at Chasselay on the Rhone in France.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Francisque Morel
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1900
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Comtesse de Bouchard'; 'Comtesse du Bouchaud'; 'Comtesse de Bauchaud' (all almost certainly mis-spellings).
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: (4-) 6 (-8); wavy; strongly grooved along the midribs