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Clematis 'Klavdiia Shulzhenko'

Large flowers pale blue-violet on first opening but becoming almost white. Reddish bar, violet anthers. Klavdiya Shulzhenko (sic) (1906-1984) was a famous Soviet singer.

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 - 2.0 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
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	1971
Other name(s):	'Klaudija Shuljzhenko'; 'Claudia Shul'sjenko'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 14-20cm Tepals: 6-8, overlapping