Clematis Late Large-flowered Group 'Ville de Lyon'
| common name: |
Clematis 'Ville de Lyon' |
| flowers colour: |
carmine-red |
| plants height: |
3-4 m |
| flowers size: |
medium |
| flowering months: |
VI-IX |
| aspect: |
N, E, W |
| pruning way: |
3 (hard) |
| frost hardiness: |
zones 4-9 |
   
A hardy, floriferous cultivar. Large, rounded, bright carmine-red flowers, deeper red at margins, with contrasting golden stamens.
Excellent for growing over fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. small trees or deciduous or coniferous shrubs. Particularly useful for growing in shady positions.Raised by F. Morel, France.
Introduced in 1899.
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