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Clematis 'Edouard Desfossé'

Large or very large, deep blue flowers with a reddy-purple bar. The flowers fade to lavender blue. Red-purple to dark brown anthers on 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:	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 - 2.0 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.	May Jun Aug Sep Oct
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Desfossé et Fils
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1880
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C. patens x C. lanuginosa
Other name(s):	'Mme Edouard Desfossé'. Mis-spelling: 'Eduodard Desfosse'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-22 (-27)cm Tepals: 6-8; obovate, gappy, long-pointed