Evergreen? There are only few species of evergreen clematis to begin with and they are all slightly tender....zone 7 and above. And a fair number are not readily available in the trade as they are either uncommon, not particularly showy or have challenging growing requirements.

The ones you will see most often are Clematis armandii, C. cirrhosa and C. xcartmanii. Flowers of these are not very showy - like most species clems, they are small and not very colorful but are produced in profusion in winter and early spring and often fragrant.

My preferred mail order clematis specialty nursery is Joy Creek. A big selection, they offer a lot of less common varieties (including a number of the evergreen ones) and they ship big, healthy plants.

@gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) Clematis armandii looks like it competes well against Jasmine.

Clematis armandii can compete against just about anything :)

My clematis, Princess Kate, was evergreen all winter. I hated to cut it back because it looked wonderful, but I did. I'm in zone 7a , NC

In mild winters or in milder climates, some clems are reluctant to drop their foliage but that does not make them evergreen :-) Princess Kate is a texensis hybrid, so not one of the evergreen species and a group 3 or hard prune variety at that. All the evergreens clems are group 1's or no prune vines. And the evergreen types bloom when no other clems do - in winter or in very early spring......by March at the latest.

Well, the leaves were green and they weren't old looking. They were fresh and alive and healthy looking, not just hanging on there type of leaves. I wish I had taken a picture. Maybe next year. I suppose a leaf can hang on there and eventually fall...maybe they would have, but the whole thing looked like it would just keep on going with the leaves and stems it had.

I agree with Linda. This is Alana, btw, on my husband's phone. Donahue's did go up on their prices this year, so Brushwood, is the best in my opinion, with shipping included, and size. I also love buying off Ebay. There is a person I but from that has them at the best price. Can not recall the name right now.