July 31, 2008
Oh my.. oh my…
as I was helping Rick put up his latest birdhouse I noticed that I had flowers on my clematis!!! Yes !!! My clematis has survived the summer and is blooming again.. and I hadn’t even noticed.
I’m so used to the clematis dying within days of being put in the ground that I just stopped watching after the first flower wilted away.
Ha…
miracles do happen.
the flower
the setting
the plant, located on the south side of my clothesline pole. It is underneath the birdfeeder and so all the shells/seeds fall down on top of it making a great mulch. I think my plan is working! (In front of the clematis is what I think is called “rue”)
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
10 comments so far
GrandmaT
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posted 125 days ago
Bu-tee-ful flower … LOVE the purple!!!! Congrats on your success!!! I know you have been trying to grow these. I’m excited for ya!!! :-)
Laughed at your “just kind of forgot about it” ... that was how it was going with that Sweet Pea of mine. Was beginning to think I just had a “weed” growing up the fence … hahahaha!!!!
-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b
MsDebbieP
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posted 125 days ago
hmm I’m reminded of a “watched pot never boils”.
Maybe I should do that with all my gardening.. .shove it in the ground and forget about it!
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
GrandmaT
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posted 125 days ago
I may join you with that suggestion!!! LOL!!! LOl!!!!
Right now I am watching for 4 new flowers to bloom … all have buds mind you. Figure the day when I DON’T check them, they will all bloom … haha!!!
-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b
MsDebbieP
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posted 125 days ago
a watched pot…. I dare you to turn your back!!! lol
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
GrandmaT
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posted 125 days ago
Hahahahah!!! Yah, I know, I know … yesterday I checked on them twice … pathetic … I’m such a sucker when waiting for plants to bloom … LOL!!!!
-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b
MsDebbieP
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posted 125 days ago
well, when you are tempted just remember my little clematis here.. forgotten and BaBOOM
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
jroot
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posted 125 days ago
That is a nice clematis, Debbie. Any idea what kind it is?
-- jroot
MsDebbieP
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posted 125 days ago
The tag says “Multi Blue Clematis”.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
Bon
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posted 125 days ago
MsD. ...I am so glad to see that you finally can grow clematis.See it wasn’t really so hard was it???
Congratulations and nice choice of clematis too.Love it.
-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more
MsDebbieP
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posted 124 days ago
not so hard – just had to put it by the bird feeder!! :)
Thanks re: choice—if I hadn’t seen this particular one at the garden centre I wouldn’t have been tempted to buy one. It is gorgeous
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)