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Clematis 'Alionushka'

Nodding, pink flowers with fleshy, often twisted tepals, and a darker bar. Pale yellow-green anthers. Raised at the State Nikitsky Botanic Gardens, Crimea, Ukraine in 1961. 'Alionushka' is an affectionate form of a Russian girl's name. Awarded an RHS Award of Merit in 1995 and a British Clematis Society Certificate of Merit in 1998.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jun Jul Aug Sep (Oct)
Aspect:	Any aspect
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M A Beskaravainaja & A N Volosenko-Valenis
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1961 n1969
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Nezhdannyi' × C. integrifolia
Other name(s):	'Aljenushka'; 'Aljonushka'; 'Alyonushka'; integrifolia 'Aljonushka'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: (4-) 5-8cm Tepals: 4(-6); 5-6cm long, 4cm wide, rhombic, overlapping, long-pointed, tip recurved