Clematis 'Mrs Cholmondeley' bears gorgeous wide flowers that can reach up to 20cm (8) across if grow in optimum conditions. Each flower is a stunning soft lavender blue colour, with prominent darker veins and chocolate brown anthers. This variety blooms throughout early summer, adding a much needed splash of colour to your garden. Winner of an RHS AGM, this free flowering variety performs best in light shade where its flowers will be protected from the fading caused by full sun. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 1m (3'). Pruning group: 2.
A beautiful large flowered deciduous climber, 'Mrs Cholmondeley' is a clematis that will not fail to impress. Made up of gorgeous purple blooms, it is guaranteed to provide an impressive display throughout the summer months. This clematis blooms all the way along its stems, resulting in a proliferation of large, lavender petals with cream antlers from the ground upwards, starting in May and flowering all the way through the summer to September. This climber is a beautiful feature for fences, trellises, and arches and is especially effective in containers. Fully deserving of it RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. 'Mrs Cholmondeley' will thrive in a sunny spot, where it can be trained up trellis for a vertical wall effect or allow to naturally wind its way through beds and borders. Easy to maintain, you just trim the stems back to 15cm (6in) in February or March. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting.