Medium, wine red flowers with brighter purplish red shading. Yellow anthers on white filaments. The variety has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Group:	Viticella group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Francisque Morel
Country of origin:	France
Date raised:	i1900
Parentage:	'Rubra Grandiflora' x 'Ville de Lyon'
Other name(s):	'Madame Jules Correvon'; 'Mme Jules Correvon'
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 5-10 (-13)cm Tepals: 4-6; deeply grooved, rhombic, twisting, gappy, pointed, tip recurved, margin wavy and toothed Click here for the text of an IClS article about this clematis Database entry: 574