Clematis: Hoshi no flamenco, red clem discussion deepens, 1 by Sharkey

Sharkey wrote:
Guru, it's hard to believe that hoshi could get any larger next year. That is a real beauty. It looks just like velvet. I can't top that, but to keep this "red" discussion going, I hesitantly posted what is supposed to be Niobe. Hopefully it is. It was planted as a young liner this spring along with Candida. Both had one or two blooms in May and I pruned them. Now, both have lots of larger blooms. Most of my liners were put in one-gal pots, but not these. You've certainly made me a believer in pruning. I guess you could say the proof is in the pruning.
(If this is not Niobe, please let me know. It doesn't look like Donahue's photo of Niobe in their pamphlet--maybe because it's still young.)