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Clematis 'Iunost'

Large mauve tepals have mauve tips with a raspberry tint which is also noticeable in veins. The flowers are gappy when fully developed. White filaments with pale yellow anthers. The tepals bend down at the side and the tips. 'Iunost' is the result of 'cocktail breeding' , 'Candida' x 'Kermesina', 'Lawsoniana' and C integrifolia and is reckoned by some to be one of the best 'pink' types. The name means 'youth'.

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
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	r1967 n1970
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Candida' x 'Kermesina, 'Lawsoniana' and C integrifolia
Other name(s):	'Junost'; 'Junostj'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 13-16cm Tepals: 4-6, 6-7cm long, 2-2.5cm wide, oblong-elliptic, gappy