Wille de Lion

A hardy, flowering variety. Large, rounded, bright carmine-red flowers, deeper red at the edges, with contrasting golden stamens. Excellent for growing over fences, walls, arbours, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports. It can climb over natural supports, e.g. small trees or deciduous or coniferous shrubs. Particularly useful for growing in shady places.

Clematis 'Ville de Lyon' is a perennial flowering climber. Length 2–3 m, width 1–2 m. The shoots are dark brown.

The leaves are compound, consisting of 3–5 entire, more rarely lobed, sharply ovate, dense leaflets. Without pruning, most of the leaves and flowers are located in the upper third of the plant.

It blooms from July to September with carmine-red flowers and yellow stamens. Clematis Ville de Lyon is a light-loving plant.