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Clematis 'Pirko'

Small, pink to blue-violet flowers with a deeper bar. White filaments and pale yellow anthers. Pirko is an Estonian girl's name.

Group:	Viticella 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 Oct
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Uno Kivistik
Country of origin:	USSR/Estonia
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1987 f1989 n1991
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Carmencita' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7-10cm Tepals: 5-6; 3-5cm long, broadly elliptic, pointed, overlapping, tip recurved, wavy margin