Clematis ‘Rouge Cardinal’

This guy has been trucking along in a cedar planter in a shaded corner of our deck. It puts out maybe 2 beautiful flowers every year, despite my pruning it as recommended. I’m sure it would like a littel more sun. Unfortunately, the leaves are plagued by leaf miners or thrips in midsummer and it doesn’t look that great after flowering. I’m still rooting for it though, hoping it will come into its own after a couple more seasons.