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Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Pruning Group:  2

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Cold Temperatures (-30F), Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Black Walnut

Winner of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society, 'Daniel Deronda' is a robust Clematis featuring enormous 8 to 9 inch absolutely beautiful flowers. The first flush of flowers from late spring to early summer are usually semi-double having pointed violet petals with a white bar surrounding creamy white stamens. The second flush in late summer to early fall are usually a row of overlaopping single petals. Following the flowers are attractive seedheads. Lush green foliage with larger leaves is an excellent backdrop to showcase the flowers. A taller grower reaching 10 to 12 feet tall, Daniel Deronda is ideal for growing on fences, arches, pergolas and other taller structures.

Clematis in Group 2 consist of all the early, large-flowered hybrid clematis that bloom in late spring or early summer and maybe again in late summer. Clematis in this group should be pruned lightly in late winter or early spring. Pruning consists of removing weak and crossing shoots then thinning down the plant to a structure of evenly spaced one and two year old stems. Cut each stem just above a pair of healthy buds. Plants in this group have the tendency to become bare at the base as they mature. You can under-plant with small shrubs or perennials to help conceal the bare stems. Alternatively, you can often force a flush of new growth from the base by cutting the vine back to 18 inches immediately after the flush of bloom.

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