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Clematis 'Tuchka'

Purple flowers with a purple or red-purple bar. Reddish-purple anthers. 'Tuchka' means 'Little Cloud'.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	M F Sharonova
Country of origin:	USSR/Russia
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1972
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Jackmanii' x mixed pollen
Other name(s):	Tutshka; 'Tuczka'; 'Tutska'; 'Tutka'; mis-spelling: 'Uchrka'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-11cm Tepals: (4-) 6; obovate, margin finely toothed