Michelle' is a compact, deciduous, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, from early summer to early autumn, small, fragrant, nodding, purple-blue flowers with recurved, paler petal tips.
Watering regularly is a necessity for good-looking Clematis plants and flowers, especially during the heat of the summer.
With all of those big blooms, Clematis needs a lot of nutrients from the soil.Fertilizing in the spring and the fall will help to keep them healthy and blooming.
One of the most important parts of Clematis care is to make sure you have well-drained but moist soil to grow the plants in.Their roots can rot if they are too wet, and the leaves will fall off if it is too dry.Clematis also prefer neutral to alkaline soil.
Cut back last year's stems to a pair of strong buds 20 cm above soil level before new growth begins in early spring.