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Clematis 'Frances Rivis'

This is the true form of 'Frances Rivis'. Small, nodding, bell-shaped deep blue or mid-blue flowers. White staminodes. The seed from which this form was grown was collected by Mrs F E Rivis in Nepal or Xizang (Tibet).

There is a 'Frances Rivis' sold in France and the UK, known as the 'English form', which has longer, paler blue tepals and which, according to the International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002, is possibly a form of 'Blue Dancer'. The true form, described above, is sometimes called the 'Dutch Form' to help distinguish between the two.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 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.	Apr May
Aspect:	Any aspect
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Sir Cedric Morris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	b1965
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Uncertain
Other name(s):	alpina 'Frances Rivis'; 'Francis Rivis'; 'Blue Giant'; 'Frances Rivis' (Dutch form). Wrongly: alpina var alpina 'Frances Rivis'. Mis-spellings: 'Frances Rivas'; 'Francis Rivis'; alpina 'Francess Rives'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5-8cm Tepals: 4.5-6cm long, 2-2.5cm wide, ovate to lanceolate,sometimes twisted