Clematis armandii
On Wed, 1 May 2013 22:46:16 +0100, "Charlie Pridham" wrote:
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Pam Moore wrote:
All of my references say that this is not particularly hardy, but
I am coming to the conclusion that may be another gardening myth.
Has anyone got experiences of it suffering more than slightly
with (a) -10 Celcius in winter or (b) late frosts?
On this, I lost a few morning glory seedlings and young shoots
of a few plants died in the recent frosts. Nothing of consequence,
so far! But C. armandii had no trouble, though I have lost young
shoots in the past.
On another aspect, does anyone have experience of "Snowdrift"?
Is it a reasonably tough form, and what does it smell like?
I have 2 armandii which have been in for about 10 years and survive
with no problem.
Well, yes, so have I. But you are a lot warmer than I am, and I am
thinking of planting a new variety ("Snowdrift") in a rather more
exposed spot.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Snow drift and apple blossom are of similar vintage I believe, I have never
heard that one is tougher than the other. Jeffery's form is a third good
one.
I have been growing one on my garage (South east corner) for about 5 or 6 years now. It
gets lots of wind and has survived the past few heavy snowfall winters. I am not sure how
low the temps have gone (I am in south east Sheffield) but I guess it has had some low
ones, It has never lost its' leaves and improves year by year. It flowered twice last
year.
Kath
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