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  • After 5 Years

    September
    29
    2006

    clematis photograph
    I’ve been trying to grow vines for 5 years. Morning glories. Clematis (several times). Nothing. Finally – this year, I have Clematis. It has successfully played me all summer, though – made me think it was a spring bloomer and then going nuts now that the weather has cooled.

    What the heck does a girl have to do to get a flowering vine to grow on a trellis? Try, and try again. (And again, and again, and again.)

    It’s about dang time.

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  • {10 Comments}

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    Sue said,

    Congrats, it looks like the wait was worth it, they are beautiful! :yahoo:

    Sue

    9.29.2006 @ 11:17 am
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    Mom said,

    :dance: ouououou – pretty ! ! :good:

    9.29.2006 @ 11:18 am
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    FruitfulSpirit said,

    Just beautiful. I have been seeing lots of photos on photo blogs of vines in bloom. I have two really great places for a trellis. I just might have to add one into the garden next year!

    Your shot is really nice. Quite a lovely flower!

    I have taken the plunge this week and have started to migrate off of blogger. It is a lot more than I was ready for not being a pro at doing designs and all but I am having fun with the learning curve. You posting was a great help! Thanks for putting it up!
    :meow:

    9.29.2006 @ 1:02 pm
    4
    Robin said,

    Nice!!

    9.29.2006 @ 1:09 pm
    5
    Laura said,

    worth the wait. oh, so worth the wait!

    9.29.2006 @ 3:56 pm
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    cjsteff said,

    I remember when you first started trying to grow it! I had one on my old mailbox and you always commented on it. I feel kind of like you just had a baby. Congrats! Hugs, clara

    9.29.2006 @ 6:16 pm
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    ArtByErika said,

    HEYYYY I think we have almost same colored clematis! Mine has a little more PERIWINKLE in one of 2 plants but I think the maroonish is same as yours :winking: Mine bloomed again until the last storm knocked all the blooms off the vines :no:

    9.29.2006 @ 10:05 pm
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    Ficklechick said,

    Nice picture. 🙂

    Be careful, once those suckers start growing they take over. My husband just ripped all of ours out again. It strangles the other plants! We keep replanting it though, because it’s so pretty. 🙂

    9.29.2006 @ 10:17 pm
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    Ariela (Baking and Books) said,

    Gorgeous! I love how vibrant the purple is. :yahoo:

    9.29.2006 @ 11:03 pm
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    Gardening - Don’t It Make My Brown Thumb Green? - Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature said,

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