General Discussion & Chat: She's about to...59... Spring is here!, 1 by FruitOfTheVine

FruitOfTheVine wrote:
We have a small stand of pine trees next to where Elsa, my Clematis lives, and her bed is mulched with several inches of the needles. Just what was handy and close at the time and have read Clematis like cool wet feet and can tolerate warm tops. She's supposed to be in part shade, but that area only gets morning shade from the pines, so far --- so good.

Photo is a bloom today of Lily "Dream Catcher". See how the wind ripped off her first one last week? I've had so much to plant lately, the pot is just stuck in a hole of mulch til I can tend to her better. She came from Lowe's and already had buds, way ahead of the others.