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Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Pruning Group:  3

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Black Walnut

An extremely free-flowering and beautiful Clematis that prefers life on the shady side, 'Giselle' wows from late spring to early fall with abundant, 5 inch diameter star-shaped flowers with dusky purple-rose flowers softly highlighted with white and cream tones surrounding a cluster of darker contrasting anthers. At 5 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, Giselle is a perfect fit for smaller garden spaces and containers growing on a short trellis or obelisk. This is one of those Clematis that when you see it, you'll want to stop and admire its rich color and stylish form. So make sure to plant this one near patios, decks and other outdoor living spaces where more folks will get to see and admire it from up close.

Clematis in Group 3 consist of late-flowering species that bloom from mid-summer into fall. This group flowers on the last 2 to 3 feet of the current season's growth (new wood). They are easy to prune because you do not need to maintain any old wood. In February or March, cut each stem to a height of 1 or 2 feet. Although you will be removing good stems and buds, this treatment keeps these vigorous growers in bounds. If not pruned, these vines will quickly become a mass of old diseased woody stems producing very few flowers. Always make sure to leave two good buds below where you make your cut. New growth will emerge from these buds to produce the current seasons vines and blooms.

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