Clematis: Clematis chat - heading into winter, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
Hello Lee, Arlene, Caroline, JoAnn, and everyone. Down South, like where I am and Etelka and Annette, we would have an abundant of Forsythias blooming as well as daffs. By golly, I just had a glimpse of neighbor's Quince that begun to bloom as well. Like everyone already surmised the flowers are really confused! Hope that we will get a decent spring dispite all the confusion.

JoAnn, love those helebore blossoms in early spring. They're quite costly in the market. Arlene, speaking of class 1 Clem. Is Armandii (an evergreen clem.) in class one clem.? I've one on the side yard, and it's a love, though it only bloom once in the spring. Being evergreen, its beauty although subtle, but attractive all year round down here. I've taken a liking of 'Mayleen' Montana ruben (over 'Armandii') for quite some time now, (to rework my front yard arbor) I just read up on DG pfs and almost have my heart set on it.... untill you said 'they're just out right ugly' in dormant season..... now I'm rethinking my options. I see the large vine on Montana, it's very similar to that of 'Armandii' and SAC's. BTW; My infatuation with SAC is over, from here on out, I'll spend time pulling up their seedlings for they've taken over everything around here in my zone. Another question regarding 'Mayleen'; being a hybrid, do they carry viable seeds? Most hybrids are sterile, but I've two stray seedlings in the garden that I love, they look like they've reverted back to their species parentage, and are quite pleasing to the eyes when in bloom. These seedlings are true herbacious, in that they go dormant and disappear in late fall, and re-sprout in early spring.