Large blue-violet flowers with a purple-violet bar. The anthers are a purple-red. A free flowering variety which does best in an open situation. This clematis was named in memory of the untimely death of its breeder.

Group: Late large-flowered group
Approximate height: 3.0 - 4.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Jul Aug Sep
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by: A N Volosenko-Valenis
Country of origin: USSR/Ukraine
Date raised: r1960 n1967
Parentage: 'Jackmanii' x 'Candida'
Other name(s): 'Elegia'; 'Elegija'; ELEGY

Further detail:

Flower diameter: 12-15cm
Tepals: 5-6, 5-7cm long, 3-3.5cm wide, gappy

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A N Volosenko-Valenis