It is lovely when a plant suddenly bursts into life when you are not expecting it.
That was how I felt with my wisteria. Even though it is now about 3 years old and still hasn't flowered, (I know they sometimes say about 6 years before it will flower) it has grown lovely foliage when I hadn't expected it to do anything as the plant was so awful when it arrived. I potted it up into the bigger plant pot and completely forgot about it.
When I went round the garden the following year I was so surprized to see it looking so wonderful.
It is a shame that the honeysuckle is not flowering for you as you wanted, maybe it is old now and the clematis can take over. I have never seen one this colour. Very nice.