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Clematis 'Ville de Lyon'

Medium to large flowers in early summer, small to medium sized later. Bright red to purple-red flowers with a pinker bar which fades with sun or age to a more purple colour. Anthers pale yellow-green to yellow on creamy-white filaments. 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:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 5.0 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.	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Francisque Morel
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1899
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Viviand Morel' x C. texensis
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm (early) 6-10cm (later) Tepals: (4-) 6 (-7); 5-7.5cm long, 2.5-4.5cm wide, obovate, blunt but apiculate, overlapping, tip and margin recurved