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Clematis 'Lunnyi Svet'

Medium sized lavender-violet flowers with yellow-green anthers. The name 'Lunny Svet' means 'moonlight'. This was one of the first clematis hybrids to be introduced by the State Nikitsky Botanical Gardens in the Crimea.

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:	A N Volosenko-Valenis
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1958
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Jackmanii' x free pollen
Other name(s):	Mis-spellings: 'Lunnyi Svetj'; 'Lunnyj Svet'; 'Lunny Svet'; MOONLIGHT - not to be confused with Moonlight of Fisk
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-12cm Tepals: 4 (-6); rhombic, pointed, rather gappy