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Clematis 'Nadezhda'

Large bowl-shaped flowers. Vivid red, edged in pale pink. Pale yellow anthers on white filaments. Raised by M.A. Beskaravainaja at the State Nikiski Botanic Gardens, Crimea in 1965. Named in 1971. A seedling of 'Nelly Moser' x (mixed pollen of) 'Lawsoniana' and C. lanuginosa 'Candida'. 'Nadezhda' is a Russian woman's name meaning 'hope' and the variety is named for the breeder's sister, N A Platonova.

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 - 2.5 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
Aspect:	Sun or semi-shade
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
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	r1965 n1971
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Nelly Moser' x 'Lawsoniana' + lanuginosa 'Candida'
Other name(s):	'Nadezha'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-16cm Tepals: 6, 6-7cm long, 4-4.5cm wide, obovate, gappy but touching