Pink flowers with cream or pale yellow anthers. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. As early as 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." Named after the wife of a Count who had a garden at Chasselay on the Rhone in France.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	3.0 - 4.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
USDA zones:	4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Francisque Morel
Country of origin:	France
Date raised:	i1900
Parentage:	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Comtesse de Bouchard'; 'Comtesse du Bouchaud'; 'Comtesse de Bauchaud' (all almost certainly mis-spellings).
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: (4-) 6 (-8); wavy; strongly grooved along the midribs Click here for the text of an IClS article about this clematis Database entry: 130