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Clematis 'Rahvarinne'

Purplish-red flowers with brown anthers on whitish filaments. 'Rahvaninne' is Estonian for 'Popular Front'.

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 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	r1985 f1988
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Ernest Markham' x 'Bal Tzvetov
Other name(s):	YOU ARE SO FRIENDLY
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 14-18cm Tepals: 6; 7-8cm long, broadly elliptic, overlapping, tip recurved, margin wavy