Clematis: Ahh..some more are starting to bloom!, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
noticed in an e mail form joy creek that they referred to it as hoshino flaminco, but COTW hyphenates as hoshi-no-flaminco.

will be interested to how vigorous your hoshi-no is this year jeanne after the wilt back last year. some of the japanese cultivars have been slow to establish for me , such as fujumesumi (wilts back frequently) and hakuooken (hardy but not vigorous or overlyfloriferous. however last year i had a real positive surprise in shirayakahime, which turned out to be almost vigorous, had very long lasting blooms and has come back beautifully this year.
here is the shirayakahime from last year. it is so opalescent, not sure photo does it justice.