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Clematis 'Rutu'

Large, single, deep blue-violet flowers. Sepals tinged with purple and with a paler bar. Filaments white, anthers pale yellow.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 1.8 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:	U & A Kivistik
Country of origin:	Estonia
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1982 n1988
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Serebrianyi Rucheek' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-18cm Sepals: 6, 8cm long, broadly elliptic to lanceolate, pointed, margins wavy and curled, upcurved Leaves; ternate