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Clematis 'Pesni Kol'tsova'

Medium to large flowers, intense purple-blue at the centre of the tepals, lilac-blue with violet veins at the edges. Golden yellow anthers. One main stem has from 6 to 52 flowering stems, 10-12 flowers per stem. Resistant to fungal diseases and drought.

Our original source told us that the cultivar was named for Aleksey Koltsov (1809-1842) who was a Russian poet. The fifth supplement to the International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002 says that the epithet, which means literally "Song Kol'tsova", is the name of a popular confectionery item in Russia.

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.	Jun Jul
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	M A Beskaravainaja & O A Doniushkina
Country of origin:	Ukraine/USSR
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1983
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-12cm Tepals: 6, gappy, edges crimped Leaves: compound with 3-5 leaflets