How beautiful and a great picture. Wish I could grow them. Just no luck, or bad gardening where clematic are concerned

Thanks Mary, I took this at a nursery a few years back.

Do you ever see them growing anywhere else where you live? I know some are easier than others.

Yes, I have seen some. I have tried three or four different ones. The one on a trellis in the front yard grows, but never flowers. It gets lots of sun, thought our sun isn't very hot it provides long summer days, and the roots are well covered to keep them cool. I figured I would switch to sweet peas and call it good.

I have had some that I thought had died and all of a sudden they sprout new growth so now I leave it be, just in case.

Sweet peas are good too!