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Clematis 'Royalty'

Purple-mauve to blue-purple, semi-double flowers with a paler mauve-blue bar in May-June. Smaller, single flowers in September. The variety received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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.	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	John Treasure
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1985
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Maureen' x 'Countess of Lovelace'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-16 (-20)cm Tepals (single): 6-9; veined, pointed, overlapping