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Clematis 'Gauja'

Large pale blue flowers with golden yellow anthers. Young growth is brownish in colour. The name is that of a river in Latvia.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Janis Ruplens
Country of origin:	USSR/Latvia
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1981 n1987
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Victoria' x mixed pollen
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-12cm Tepals: 6, 5.5-6cm long, 3.5-4cm wide, ovate, overlapping Leaves: ternate