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Clematis armandii
« on: February 28, 2017, 05:48:03 PM »

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Re: Clematis armandii
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 09:26:25 PM »
A very nice set of photos as well Nicola 8) and in English and Italian - grazie :D

How old is that plant?
Do you prune it to keep it at those proportions?
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Re: Clematis armandii
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2017, 04:02:49 PM »
about four (  it must have been a two three  years plant  when I got it ) yes I prune it every year in the winter as it tends to be very "esuberant"...

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Re: Clematis armandii
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2017, 12:27:49 AM »
Is C. armandii always fragrant? I have a plant which looks very like Nicola's but if fragrant then very weakly so. Maybe the plants are uniform but the gardner's noses differ?
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Re: Clematis armandii
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2017, 01:20:44 PM »
Good question George,
 I'm not sure I've an answer.... sometimes scent of plants change " dramatically" from one to another, I have two plants actually , the one I've published at the garden and a cutting of that at the terrace... they do have a scent, I would say "delicate" but pleasent...I also thik scent of plants could be regulated by temperature/ exposition, time of the day....
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Re: Clematis armandii
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2017, 12:58:55 PM »
Its good to hear from you in Australia, George.

I agree with Nicola.
Example: I was in the garden working away when I picked up this waft of heavenly scent.
I traced it to a white flowering Heather!
I invited my wife out to smell it and she could not get any scent at all!

And (again agreeing with Nicola) scent from some flowers can be much more noticeable at different times and weather conditions. Currently my favourite in the garden is Choisya. Absolutely beautiful.

I don't have Clematis armandii so cant comment specifically on that one.
Eric (Palustris)?