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Clematis 'Mrs Hope'

Large violet blue flowers with a slightly darker bar. Cream stamens. Double in the spring, single later. In 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."

Group:	Early 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
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	i1875
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Standishii' x C. lanuginosa
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 13-18cm Tepals (single): 6-8; 6.5-8.5cm long, 4-6cm wide, broadly ovate to elliptic, apiculate, overlapping, slightly reflexed.