New garden clematis

We haven't had an awful lot of luck with Clematis vines of any variety—cultivated or wild—in our various gardens, and I suspect the problem is that we just don't have enough of the right species of sunlight. My daughter and her family gave me a new one to try as a combination birthday/Father's Day present, and, no real surprise, it bloomed in June then started languishing. I didn't have high hopes. But last year, we had part of an ancient, huge oak taken down—the part that was threatening to go into the upstairs bedroom window—and that gave us quite a bit more light in one spot that looked like it could nurture one of these gorgeous flowering vines. Alas, it didn't appear to enjoy being moved, and I thought it was either soon dead or on an irreversible decline. Unoptimistic me... The Bernandine variety was tougher than I thought and began to sprout new leaves. Then, it pushed forth two flower buds. Today, it burst into glorious bloom. With the garden clematis coming into its own, it's clearly time to start looking for the wild types. Maybe I can now get them to grow here too.