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Clematis 'Zvezda Kryma'

Medium sized, slightly drooping purple flowers, reddish purple at the margin of the tepals. Yellow anthers. The name is Russian for "Crimean star".

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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.	Jun Jul
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M A Beskaravianaia & E A Doniushkina
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1985
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Zvezda Crimea'; CRIMEAN STAR. Mis-spelling: 'Zvezda Krima'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-10cm Tepals: 4; rhomboid, pointed, overlapping at base, edges twisted outwards