Large, deep pink-mauve flowers with a rose-pink bar which fade to become light mauve or purple with more purple in the bar. Biege or browny anthers on green-white filaments.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	3.0 - 4.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Cripps & Son
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:	c1867 i1870
Parentage:	C. lanuginosa x 'Jackmanii'
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: (10-) 12-16 (-20)cm Tepals: (4-) 6; broadly ovate with deep central veins, pointed, margin crimped Click here for the text of an IClS article about this clematis Database entry: 549
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	Thomas Cripps