Large flowers having overlapping dark blue tepals with a purple bar and cream stamens. Flowers from late summer to the first frosts. The cultivar is fairly resistant to fading. The name means 'Southern Night'.

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	(Jul) Aug Sep (Oct)
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	M A Beskaravainaja
Country of origin:	USSR/Ukraine
Date raised:	i1973
Parentage:	Unknown
Other name(s):	Wrongly: 'Tiomnaia Noch'; 'Juzhnaia Noczj'; 'Juzhnaja Notch'; 'Juzhnaja Noczj'
Further detail:  Flower diameter: (8-) 12-14cm Tepals: (4-) 5-6; elliptic, pointed Database entry: 1098
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	M A Beskaravainaja