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Clematis montana 'Lilacina'

Flowers like those of its parent, montana var rubens but larger and with lilac blue tepals. Yellow anthers.

The photograph shows a cultivar being sold in the UK as montana 'Lilacina' and Susan Wilson's image is true to the form pictured on the plant label. However, this form does not obviously match the colouring described in the literature.

Group:	Montana group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	7.0 - 10.0 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
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Lemoine et Fils
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	c1910
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C. montana 'Grandiflora' x C. montana 'Rubens
Other name(s):	Wrongly: montana 'Lilacine'