A large flowered clematis clematis 39rahvarinne39 flowers between july and september and has uniquely shaped purple45red blooms it does well in semi shade where the sun will not fade the velvety petals it looks great planted alongside a white clematis and also is a good match with earlier flowering clematis so a flowering display lasts throughout the season it is very easy to look after simply cut right back to ground level in the autumn and it will return in full glory the follow