I planted what I think was one of these here ie up the rose on the East side of the gated arch in 2003 and it was fabulous for nine years but then failed so this is a new one I hope, but it was not great in 2012. It's a large, early flowering Clematis (April to June) and then again late summer. The few flowers it showed in 2012 were nothing like as spectacular as those of the original version. We'll see in 2013.