I don't know a thing about Clematis and the only one I'd ever grown is Nelly Moser which has always done well here in Florida. Someone gave me seeds of Clematis Niobe and I threw them in a pot with a Stephanotis plant on February 8th and I just noticed this afternoon a tiny little bloom ... and I do mean tiny! Is this normal? I didn't think any Clematis had blooms this small and I thought Niobe's blooms were going to be larger than Nelly Moser. Any ideas why these are so tiny, is it perhaps because it's the first bloom? This isn't the greatest photo ... the flash went off and there's a shadow but you can see by the ruler that the bloom is really small. I'm just wondering if in a couple of years as the plant takes off, will the blooms be any larger? It could very well be a cultivation issue ... I'm a bad plant mom and the Stephanotis plant is root bound and not doing well because it needs transplanting ... maybe there isn't enough room in there for the Clematis!
