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A cross between Clematis 'Gypsy Queen' and Clematis viticella, Clematis 'Negritjanka' is a robust, fast-growing clematis with large, open flowers. It's one of the darkest flowered clematis available, its dark plum-purple blooms bearing contrasting yellow-white anthers.
Grow Clematis 'Negritjanka' in a container where you can train it up an obelisk, or allow it to scramble though a shrub or small tree in the herbaceous border. It looks particularly good when grown through white-flowered shrub and climbing roses.
Being a summer-flowering clematis, Clematis 'Negritjanka' is in Pruning Group 3. Simply cut stems back to the lowest pair of buds in February or March.
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Clematis ‘Negritjanka’ and wildlife
Clematis ‘Negritjanka’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Clematis ‘Negritjanka’ poisonous?
Clematis ‘Negritjanka’ has no toxic effects reported.
