please can someone identify this clematis ?

Is it flowering now? What are the centres like when fully open? Is this an accurate colour pic or is it a bit darker?

It could be a C. Ascotiensis or more likely, a C. 'Perle d' Azur' as the tips look recurved on your pic.

If it is, it is a Group 3 for pruning. One of the easiest luckily.

yes it is in flower now i would say it is a shade darker..very lilac in colour.the centres are like thich hairs with yellow tips and about 1"long ...i hope that maeks sense!

Well, the centres definitely sound right for the Perle d' Azur and although it looks lilac, it's probably one of the Blue Clematis.

Of course, the problem with colours on the internet is the difference in our monitors.

Maybe somebody else will be along with more suggestions, Hyancith but we do know it's a group 3 anyway. :o)

mmmmmmm group 3 ? really dumb re clematis...i have 4 ...only know the name of 1 because i bought it ..and thats the armandii...so all tips very gratefully recieved,i really like them all 4 of them

Group 3 is a hard prune one. I do mine in the spring. Cut them back to about 30 cms from the ground to a nice pair of leaf axils. They flower on this seasons growth, so as long as they're pruned before the next season's flowering period, they're easy. :o) They'll regrow from the base and often new shoots from underground too.

Your armandii is Group 1 and should be pruned after flowering. They produce new growth from the previous seasons growth, so just take off old dead or damaged stuff. This allows new growth to start and ripen and strengthen ready for the next year.

thankyou very helpful..when the others flower i will post the pics for ID lol ...
kind regards

theres one called comtesse de bouchaud and it looks similar with petals and colour but yours looks much bigger than the pic i got so wouldnt know for sure

If you take a look on my pictures I have posted a photo of Mrs Chalmondeley which was in flower for the last month just going over

It could also be HF Young - can you tell us when exactly it started flowering? Is this the first one? Just for interest's sake, the colour of the stamens is important for ID purposes, and the only reason you might want to ID it correctly is so you know which prune group it's in. If it's just started flowering, it probably is in prune group 3, as Llew says above.