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Clematis 'Mrs Cholmondeley'

Large to very large lavender blue flowers with attractive darker veining and brown anthers, sometimes early flowers are semi-double (see third picture). In 1993 the variety was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. 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."

Unusually, we have included a fourth flower picture (not, we know, a seedhead!) which shows just how large these flowers can get in good growing conditions.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3.0 - 4.0 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 Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Charles Noble
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1873
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Fortunei' x 'Jackmanii'
Other name(s):	Mis-spellings: 'Mrs Cholmodley'; 'Mrs Cholmondley'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-23cm Tepals: 6(-8); 7-9cm long, 4.5-5cm wide, elliptic, gappy at base, apiculate