Clematis: Fall 2013 chat , 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Blood meal repels rabbits for me but not squirrels. It doesn't work on deer here and neither does Milorganite. If I knew of something that was fool proof the deer would just get smarter.

Dr. Ruppel has its good years and then the superb years when it blooms for months on end. This isn't the best photo of it but it does show the exuberance with which the first blossoms appear. How can anyone not like such a zest for life? One day they're buds and the next day there's half a dozen flowers.