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Clematis 'Vostok'

Reddish-purple flowers with a red bar. Deep veining of the tepals gives a textured appearance. White filaments with yellow anthers. Raised by M. Orlov of Kiev in 1963. The name means 'The Orient'. A magnificent cultivar, only recently introduced into the U.K. Awarded a BCS Certificate of Merit (2000) and the Valarasan-Toomey silver medal (2000).

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 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
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M I Orlov
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1963
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-15cm Tepals: 4-6, recurved at margins and tips, sometimes twisted, non-overlapping