Clematis: A few pics from a beginner, 0 by Sharkey

Sharkey wrote:
By the time I found my first John Warren bloom open the other morning, it was totally drooping and I just wanted to cry, as I had so looked forward to that large bud opening. I watered it and later it recovered and came back to life! It amazes me how these blooms can do that in this heat when you think they are dead. It has been 98 degrees in the shade here lately, so I'm surprised these clems are doing as well as they are.
Since my crepe myrtle tree offers the ONLY shade in my yard (unless I want to go to the surrounding acreage and plant under pecan trees where the deer hang out), I decided to perform an experiment and plant a few shade loving varieties in pots with the bottom removed. John seems to be happy there for now.