Medium, light violet-blue flowers with a deep purple bar. Purple-red anthers. The name means 'Northern Lights'. We list another clematis with an almost identical name ('Severnoie Siianie') bred by M I Orlov and with the same parentage. However the descriptions are quite different and so we assume that the name was used by both breeders.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 - 1.5 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.	Jul Aug Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M F Sharonova
Country of origin:	USSR/Russia
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1972
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	Ernest Markham x unknown
Other name(s):	'Sijanie'; 'Siianie'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-12cm Tepals: 6; elliptic, margin wavy Leaves: ternate