I’ve tried planting flowering vines many times, typically around a mailbox, and it seems like I always end up with some strands of sticks and wilted leaves. Typically we would get a few flowers associated with the original buds never to see flowers again.

Three years ago, I planted a vine on our neighbor’s old fence, hoping it would be an improvement over the honey suckle and mulberry vines. I was somewhat heartened that it did not totally die after the first year and that we got about 3 or 4 flowers the following year. The vine spent last summer growing, and this spring I was happy to count over 20 buds. I sprayed the vine with anti-fungal + anti-insect spray to give the buds the best chance. Kathy and I have observed it takes three years to get most things established and growing.

  
The shed that Grant built is in the background. I called him on April 1 to tell him it had burned down.