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Clematis 'Aleksandrit' ['Alexsandrit']

Aleksandrit has large, red flowers which bleach slightly in the sun. Yellow stamens. Introduced by M A Beskaravainaja at the Nikitsky State Botanic Garden in Yalta, Crimea 1967. Alexsandrit is a semi-precious stone and the name also commemorates the Russian clematarian Alexander Volosenko-Valenis.

Group:	Early 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.	May Jun Aug Sep
Aspect:	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	1967
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Ville de Lyon' x C. lanuginosa 'Candida'
Other name(s):	'Alexsandrit'