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 Database entry: 752
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	A N Volosenko-Valenis