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Clematis 'Polskaia Varshavianka'

Large, dark purple-violet or red-purple flowers with a velvety sheen. Greenish-yellow and yellow anthers. The name is the title of a Polish revolutionary song.

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 A Beskaravainaja
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1977
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Jackmanii' x 'Gipsy Queen' (s)
Other name(s):	'Poljskaia Varshavianka'; 'Varshavianka'; Wrongly: 'Varshavjanka'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-14cm Tepals: 4-5 (-6), margin recurved and so appearing rhombic, overlapping, pointed Flowers normally in threes, seldom solitary