Clematis: Need clematis recommendation, 1 by LincolnRose

LincolnRose wrote:
Thank you so much for all of the information. To answer a couple of your questions: I am in Zone 6 (I had a typo in my first post). The pillars face south and my soil is fast draining.

The only reason I went with a viticella is because my nursery told me they are pretty resistant to wilt, which they said, is going to be in my soil forever. I will give viticella another year, but it is so lackluster and the flowers were so few that they were insignificant. I want something with BIG flowers and a long bloom time...

I am going to research some of your suggestions and see if any of those plants will meet my needs.

Thank you so----o much.

Here is a picture of one of my tree peonies!