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hendi_alex
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Love my clematis

Most are young vines, but whether one flower or a hundred, quite lovely.

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[img]https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4535475356_1fb04a3c89_o.jpg[/img]

And of course honorable mention has got to go to this year's red honeysuckle bloom.

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rainbowgardener
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Love your pictures, alex! You should print them all off and make it an album.

I have a honeysuckle trumpet vine that is looking just like that. I love it, because the hummingbirds love it -- they should be showing up soon.

I haven't had much luck with the clematis, which tends to get a clematis wilt and fizzle out.

Dixana
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Is there any good wat to prevent the wilt? I'm getting a few to cover the ugly fence in our backyard. I'd be pretty upset if they didn't do well after I cleaned off all the dead vines and you can see right through now!!

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The trick to keep your clematis blooming all summer is dead heading and a slow release flower fertalizer scratched in the soil around the plant. keep it watered and it should bloom and bloom and bloom. I was the envy of all my neighbors in my old neighborhood. theirs would all be dead and shriveled up and mine just kept going and goping and going!



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