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Clematis 'Lady Northcliffe'

Medium or large flowers, at first royal blue or Wedgwood-blue to deep blue-violet, fading to mid lavender-blue. Filaments white to cream, pale green at top, later tinged violet at base; white to pale greenish-yellow anthers, often with black tip. 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.	1.5 - 3.0 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:	Sun or semi-shade
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	i1906
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Beauty of Worcester' (s) x 'Otto Fröebel'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15 (-20)cm Tepals: (5-) 6 (-8); 7cm long, 4.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping, never flat, blunt, apiculate, margin wavy