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Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

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

A beauty that has stood the test of time since its introduction in 1906, the 'Lady Northcliffe'  Clematis is a free flowering classic hybrid featuring 5-inch diameter flowers that open a rich blue turning to lavender blue with a darker bar on the sepals. Soft green anthers with cream-colored filaments are a wonderful contrast with the petals. A lovely Clematis that will give you abundant flowers from late spring to early summer reblooming in late summer to early fall.

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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