Clematis Armandii?

[nightowl]

I've made this a separate thread cos it's a bit of a mystery i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/huh.gif

I bought a clem labelled C Armandii very cheaply (£4.95) from my local greengrocer. I know they are usually a lot more expensive than that. The flowers were just fading when I got it, and I'm pleased to say it seems happy and is making new shoots i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif

BUT, now I've done a bit of googling to establish which variety it is, I have realised that the flowers on it when I bought it were nothing like the flowers in any C. Armandii pictures I have found on the net i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/huh.gif

The flowers were small, waxy-looking and very short stemmed, and were clustered in the leaf axils. White with slight pink tint but not like C. Armandii "Apple Blossom" in photos. Here's a pic of the flower "stumps" which are now the sprouting site for the new shoots i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif .................







As you can see, the leaves look right for Armandii i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif , but the flowers it had make me wonder what I've actually got i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif



Any ideas Plocket? Anybody? i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif

[nightowl]

Hi Plocket i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif Thought you might have missed this as it slipped down the page.
Any ideas/comments to make?
The new shoots are going berserk on it now! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif

[Chuckles]

Not a Clem I've got NO so can't really comment on it tbo, leaves look like an Armadii as far as I can tell you, see what you think to this www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/climbers/clematis/clematis-armandii-/classid.863/ click on the right hand picture and it will show you it bigger.

You do tend to find that when they are cheaper they are usually young plants and need that bit extra tlc

[nightowl]

I know the leaves match Chuckles, but the flowers which were on when I bought it don't. They were in tight, short stemmed clusters, not like the ones in your pic i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif

[Chuckles]

Could it have been one of these NO, maybe the one on the top right.

www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clempiclist.cfm

[nightowl]

Website link not working Chuckles, that's a shame

Saw yesterday that the top half of the plant has died off, but the shoots which came from the flower sites have gone berserk! Have 8 new stems, one is 4ft long! Very stange