clematis Dr Ruppel

Very showy !

Beautiful : D

Nice bright & well defined flowers!

so many flowers.....................so bright and colourfull

Magnificent!

Oh i have one of these, its only 2 years old hope it looks as good as this one does!!

This looks fantastic. Is it quite shady there? mine always looks washed out.

It gets morning and early afternoon sun.

Last summer someone asked me what I did to make tjis plant grow so well. And there is a little story about this plant so I'll reprint it for those who are waiting for theirs to bloom:

I have to laugh when you ask this because when this was just a new plant I fussed over it, read up on exactly how to plant it, cut it back etc. The plant didn't survive. Meanwhile, my daughter who was about 6 at the time, took one of the clippings, had shoved it in the soil, and we totally ignored it until one day after mine was long gone I noticed that hers had indeed survived. When it developed enough I moved it to its present location where it gets afternoon sun and shaded roots. I have had it for about 11 years now but it has only taken off this past 3 summers. I have not trimmed it at all as I am wanting it to frame the garage window .Am not sure if that helps it's growth. So much for TLC!

Thanks for that Nancy. Maybe I am killing mine with kindness.
This year it had better get ready to be neglected.
Yours certainly looks good, the photo should be in a gardening book.

Great story about your daughter and great clematis!

That is amazing, I guess your daughter has a green thumb at such a young age! Awesome picture thank you for sharing!
~ Steph

wonderful clematis

oooooo....

Beautiful clematis! I fussed over the only three I have ever planted, & all three got the dreaded wilt only weeks after I planted them. Have not dared to attempt to raise one since then & that was around 15 years ago. But living in a different country now & have decided it is time to try again! Will pop it in, water it regularly, & feed it when needed, but other than that, I am going to ignore it & maybe this one will survive. lol