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evergreen clematis
Can anyone help I have a new garden and wanted to plant an evergreen clematis same as the plant I enjoyed in my previous garden. I always thought it was armandii, but a rosy colour, and rounder flowers. I bought apple blossom, which is very similar, but somehow, as I see it flowering now, I remember my other plant as having larger flowers, and being more of a rosy pink and white, less dusky. It was very fragrant also. The shape of the leaves and flowers are the same, but, as I said the colour and size seems different. Can anyone help with this? Thanks
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Take a look on Taylors website they specialise in clematis, you may well spot it.
Maybe the flowers will be bigger as the plant matures.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Your original plant sounds as though it was the true Apple Blossom, pink buds dveloping to pinky white flowers, very fragrant.
Your new plant is possibly a seedling or another form of c.armandii, there are several, many of the clematis are wrongly labelled, especially the imports.
Thank you all, will investigate on all counts. All helpful, will feed back any results. Bought the new plant at Percy Throwers in Shrewsbury, would expect to be a good quality one. The original was bought in Cliftons Nursery in London, but not by me, which is why I'm not sure what it is. I went to Cliftons today and they have an apple blossom flowering and it looks similar to the one I have now which makes me think it's not after all apple blossom. Anyway will carry on investigation, and yes wondered whether flowers get bigger as plant gets older.
This is all a surprise to me, I looked at Taylors website and the photographs of apple blossom look just like the clematis I had before. Yet the clematis I have, and is sold under the same name in several places is significantly different. Is this common? I would have thought this should have a standardised status, as anything you buy has. I did pay less for mine than it is listed for in the Taylors catalogue, but that isn't the point. Feeling cross, actually. I lovingly planted the clematis and don't feel great about digging it up, but really wanted the one I had before.
Richard H is right, things are not always as they should be (and not just clematis).
one problem is seed raised plants. A named cultivar eg 'Apple Blossom' can only be produced by cuttings/layering etc.
A seed raised plant is not 'Apple Blossom' but may be sold as such.
Some seed lists contain a lot of seeds from cultivars. The unsuspecting gardener is deceived
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you nut cutlet, at least I have learnt something.