I think it's Clematis 'Marie Boisselot'.

IM PRETTY SURE ITS A CLEMATAS, HOW DID YOU COME BY IT, WAS IT CLIMBING ON A TRELLIS OR A WALL,,

looks very much like clematis

Spritzhenry has it in one!

Teddygirl please don't shout - it makes it difficult to read your posts. Spritz - well done! I could not have id'd beyond clematis!

Thanks.....:-)

xxx

It's also called 'Madame le Coultre' - did she get married just after it was named?

definetely clematis candida...

Having now looked at both - I've absolutely no idea which one it is now!

I assume 'Marie Boisellot' and 'Madame le Coultre' are names if Clematis candida hybrids.

The parents of Candida are apparently C. lanuginosa and C.patens - can't find out the parents of Marie etc.

I know 'Marie Boisellot' and 'Madame le Coultre' are both names for the same plant bred by Auguste Boisellot (?) in 1885. There's also a Clematis patens ''Mevrouw Le Coultre' which is almost identical. Apparently the anther on 'Marie Boisellot' are completely yellow whilst on 'Mevrouw Le Coultre' the connectives quickly go black at the tips.

My brain hurts now. :-(((