CLEMATIS armandii

[newplantguy]

One of my favorite Clematis, brightens up the early spring days. It has been in flower about 3 weeks here this year the flower is particularly good.
The brilliant white flowers give off quite a strong scent not unlike hawthorn.
It is evergreen and is a little tender so prefers a sheltered wall.
I have it growing up against the wall scrambling through a Ceanothus 'Concha'
It requires little care other than to remove and dead stems after flowering.
I must say it was a relief to see it after the winter this year, I recorded -12c on one occasion.
Paul.   

[Lyn and Malcolm]

A nice clematis, but grows too rampant for our small garden. Although I think you can prune it quite hard.

Malcolm

[ideasguy]

If it provides early spring bloom like that Paul, its worth considering for my south facing wall.
As a comparison, does it flower much earlier tham C. montana? Thats one of the earliest in my garden.

[newplantguy]

It is a little tender it prefers to be on a sheltered wall so yours should be fine as long as it does not dry out completely.
Clemtis Montana's flower late spring, armandii is early, march you will even see flower buds late Feb, I would think where you are it would be late Feb, this year it is a little late in my garden. The thing is George the foliage is evergreen and you could consider it to be unusual. I have not seen a plant anywhere near me. So after the flowers you will have the dark green glossy leaves. I will see if there are any cuttings later and then I can send you some.
Paul.