My Resurrected Clematis

@pjmurphy (2500)
United States
September 16, 2020 2:06pm CST
This little clematis in the photo is not supposed to be blooming this time of year. Normally, it blooms in the spring at the same time as another one I have growing in my garden. I do have an Autumn Clematis that blooms at this time of year. Perhaps I have too many clematises and other plants growing because this lovely little plant kind of got lost this year. I transplanted it last year because it had become crowded, and then this year I neglected to keep all the weeds away from the tender transplant and it failed to bloom. Recently, I got rid of all the weeds, fed it, put down some mulch, and hoped it would bloom next spring. It surprised me my blooming now. I promised it I would take better care of it from now on and hope it’s spectacular in the spring.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Sep 20
Love these flowers. One day I will have one in the garden. Nice color.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Sep 20
They really light up the garden in the spring.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
16 Sep 20
@pjmurphy My neighbor has these beauties.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
16 Sep 20
That is a beautiful Clematis. I am glad they are blooming now for you to enjoy.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Sep 20
Thanks. I have a while yet to enjoy it. Several buds still waiting to bloom.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
17 Sep 20
@pjmurphy That is good to hear.
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
16 Sep 20
Pretty, let's hope that it will be back again in the Spring in all its glories
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Sep 20
I'm rooting for that. I'll let you know.
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@sallypup (57876)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Sep 20
Even its leaves are pretty.
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@sallypup (57876)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Sep 20
@pjmurphy I visited the house that I'm renting out to others last year and spotted a vine that was flowering large pink blooms. I knew it to be a clematis right off cause my grandma grew one when I was a kid. I felt like the place was welcoming me when I saw that beauty.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Sep 20
@sallypup Yeah, it's one of those oldies but goodies. I love them.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Sep 20
Thanks. It looks healthy.
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@DianneN (246833)
• United States
17 Sep 20
It is a beautiful flowering plant. I don't think I would have much luck with it here with all the deer.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
17 Sep 20
I live in the woods with lots of deer. They've never bothered my clematises. But they love lots of the other things I grow. Clematis may have their day yet.
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@paigea (35693)
• Canada
16 Sep 20
Lovely, to get fall blossoms.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
16 Sep 20
It is lovely to get one more spot of color as other blooms are beginning to fade away.
@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Sep 20
Really pretty flower. I hope it comes back next year.
@wolfgirl569 (95190)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Sep 20
It is thanking you.
@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Sep 20
It's very lovely. What a wonderful surprise.
@JWMILLER (3280)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Sep 20
A lovely little flower. I am glad that you rescued it.
@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
17 Sep 20
What a lovely and beautiful flowering plant you. In our country, many plantitas and plantitos are coming out. They're plants enthusiasts who are obliged to raise plants and flowers due boredom in pandemic.
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@pjmurphy (2500)
• United States
17 Sep 20
Gardening certainly does help with boredom in pandemic.