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Clematis 'Christian Steven'

Large violet-blue flowers ageing to deep blue and with a redder bar. Anthers deep red-purple. Christian Steven was the founder and first director of the State Nikitsky Botanic Garden, Crimea. Professor Beskaravainaja named this cultivar in 1975 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 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.	Jul Aug Sep
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
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1969 f1973 ni1975
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Gipsy Queen' x 'Lawsoniana'
Other name(s):	'Khristian Steven'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: (10-) 12-16cm Tepals: (5-) 6, 5.5cm long, 7cm wide, broadly elliptic, pointed, overlapping, wavy margins Leaves: usually pinnate