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I have been trying to get a Huldine to grow well on a tuteur (obelisk) in the front garden for 5 years now! Last year it was starting to finally look like it might get showy someday.... So we didn't cut it back quite so hard this spring. Well, this is finally the summer for it to put on a show! It's hard to get a good picture of it; the iron tuteur is 8' tall - the bottom 18-24" is hidden by the shrubs in the foreground in this picture. The messy-looking white flowers in the background is the Persicaria polymorpha just starting to turn brown:  There are some other clematises planted on the tuteur to grow with the Huldine but this year they can't compete! You can see a couple trying to show their faces in this closer view near the base on the NE side (Nike[?] on a tripod by the garage in the background): |
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| Wow! So cool when a plant finally rises to its potential. Congratulations! And thanks for sharing, too. |
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| Hmm, I must have forgotten to click on the preview copy as know I commented last night on the amazing growth of your Huldine, woodyoak. What a sense of accomplishment to see it so full of blooms. I think I have finally found a good place for my Huldine so maybe it will look like yours in a few years. Understand about the secondary plants getting overwhelmed by the super growth. Have the same issue with Gillian Blades this spring completely covering Comtessa de Bouchard. Next year I will cut Gillian Blades back as soon as it has finished blooming so Comtessa can shine. |
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| I think a good part of the reason it's so big this year is that I didn't cut it down so low this year - I mainly trimmed it back to the tuteur frame but left it about 3-4' tall. The Nike on the tripod by the garage is treated much the same - i.e. trimmed back to the frame but left tall. It's always covered in a sheet of bloom. ... which reminds me... I forgot to fertilize the clematises this spring. After all this bloom, I wonder if they need feeding or whether they can wait until next spring? Roses and clematises are the only things I fertilize, and I forgot to do both this year! They seem to be doing fine so far without it. |
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