Here's my Niobe. This one is new to me this year, so she's not as showy as I hope she'll be next year, but still, I'm happy.

No wonder it makes you happy, its so pretty!

Thank you, Christine. I hope to add several more clems to my garden this year.

It's one I used to grow. Give it a few years and you'll like it. The color varied a lot for me depending on the temp, but it was always lovely in full bloom. Mine died from wilt.

Thank you, Susan, for the heads up on the color variation. I've planted several new clems this year and look forward to their increasing bloom and size.

Here's mine. It climbs through my Heritage English rose.

Ah, how gorgeous!

It only gets better Angie!

Mine is dark red like Boojum's. It gets a lot of shade so it hardly fades at all. It was it's best year this year and I didn't photo it.

Happens!

The spiders and mosquitos are so bad here I don't dare go out much. I am highly allergic.

I have nothing to blame. i just have too many flowers and I miss shooting some in peak.

It's so hot here most of my clems are just sulking. I do have one that's blooming again, and I'll get a photo and post it. I sure do hope they perk up with some cooler weather. Rooguchi hasn't stopped blooming yet, but it's looking a little tired in all the heat.