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'Kaiu'

'Kaiu' produces beautiful, nodding, pitcher-shaped flowers which have a purple-grey tinge when they first come out but which become pure white as they grow older. The tips of the four tepals gently recurve and the flowers sometimes open more fully to reveal attractive cream stamens. Raised by Erich Pranno of Kaiu, Estonia.

Group: Viorna group
Approximate height: 1.5 - 2.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Jul Aug Sep
Aspect: Any aspect
Pruning: Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by: Erich Pranno
Country of origin: USSR/Estonia
Parentage: viorna x ?viticella
Other name(s): Mis-spelling: 'Kaiuu'

Further detail:

Tepals: 4, recurved at the tips