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Image from Amateur Gardener supplement dated 22 July 1922

Clematis 'Lord Londesborough'

Dark mauve to blue-lilac flowers with purple-red bar tinged copper. White filaments, chocolate purple anthers. In the plate shown, 'Lord Londesborough' is the upper clematis flower.

Group:	Early 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.	May Jun
Raised by:	Charles Noble
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1870
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Fortunei' x 'Standishii'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-16cm Tepals: 8 Leaves: ternate