'Sweet Summer Love' Clematis x

I have two of the Sweet Summer Love. Last summer was the 3rd season for one and 4th for the other. Both are placed where their roots are shaded, but their vines would be in sun, assuming they ever made vines. I have quite a few clematis, and they all bloom fine. Both of these started spindly, as expected, but both continue spindly even years later. I am very disappointed. My Sweet Autumn clematis makes masses of blooms. I expected something similar from these. Last summer, one got maybe three feet high (into the sun) and the other got maybe 4 feet high (also into the sun), but that’s where they stopped. No vigorous growth and no blooms. But, at least they are still alive as of last fall. I will fertilize them better this year, and maybe that will help.

I bought this last year and it did as expected, not much. This year it's shooting up like crazy. I can't wait to see blooms! The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars from me is because the vines are pretty tender and break easily if you aren't very careful.

Disappointed. Bought a gallon size with many blooms, tons of new green growth, 3' high. Put it in the ground, it didn't add any additional blooms. the next year it did nothing the next year it grew to 12 feet high with very few blooms. Year 4, it's back to stunted two feet high and spindly. My jackmanii clematis doing well just not this variety. I even give it pw soluble fertilizer. zone 7B. Pulling it out, waste of water. Darn.

I bought two of these vines 4 years ago. The first couple of years I got a few tendrils growing up the trellis, but no flowers. The third year, one died, one barely came back. This year, they are both gone. I have other clematis in the garden that do well. I'm very disappointed in these. I expected to have 2 well established vines by now.

Rather disappointed in it really. I bought a teeny tiny, quart-sized one last year from Home Depot. It grew really well, planted in a container with a trellis, covering the trellis. It even put out quite a few blooms. Unfortunately, it didn't survive our winter. That was my fault. This year, I bought two in the largest containers available, from Proven Winners and planted them into the ground against a wrought iron fence. They are growing, but rather slowly, and the branches seem to snap off easily in the slightest breeze. Once that growing tip is gone, that particular shoot just seems to stop. Each of them have about 3 shoots that have reached the top of this short little fence, but that's about it. These don't seem to want to twine around the fence either, like the one from last year did. I'm constantly trying to train them. I know, I know, first they sleep, then they creep, then they leap. That's why I paid all that extra money for the biggest plants available, hoping to skip one of those steps. I'm hoping I'm in the creep phase this season and it impresses me next year, but as of now, they are just sort of "meh".