Medium to large flowers in early summer, small to medium sized later. Bright red to purple-red flowers with a pinker bar which fades with sun or age to a more purple colour. Anthers pale yellow-green to yellow on creamy-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:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 5.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Francisque Morel
Country of origin:	France
Date raised:	i1899
Parentage:	'Viviand Morel' x C. texensis
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 10-15cm (early) 6-10cm (later) Tepals: (4-) 6 (-7); 5-7.5cm long, 2.5-4.5cm wide, obovate, blunt but apiculate, overlapping, tip and margin recurved Click here for the text of an IClS article about this clematis Database entry: 550