"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article om,
writes:
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| Any advice on what EVERGREEN Clematis to go for or any other thoughts
| would be much appreciated..

There's only one that is reliably hardy and evergreen in the UK:
C. armandii. If it likes the conditions, it can be very vigorous
indeed - much more so than ivy.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I think you may be better choosing something like Euonymus fortunii its a
much better evergreen, Clematis, even the hardiest of the evergreens are not
strictly evergreen but wintergreen and they tend to change their leaves in
summer and can look a mess, they are all also huge and rampant plants if
happy (dead if not!)
Don't get me wrong I love clematis, think they are wonderful plants but
foliage and screening is something better done by other plants.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)