Looks exactly like mine. The anticipation is growing!

I guess we'll see how they hold up in the rain. The shelter from the larger tree should help.

I have two VS and they're more leggy/branchy so I can't low-prune them like that quite yet.

How old are your plants?

If I had to guess, the VS in the above picture looks to be a 3 or 5-gallon that's been in ground for several years. My two are a 3-gallon in year 2.5 and a quart pot starter from 4.5 years ago. The 3-gallon is just to the right of the Orange "ditch lilies", about 4' tall in contrast to the lilac (left) and weigela (right) that are past 7'. Far right is a limelight that started as a gallon in 2010 and is now 5-6 feet tall.

you're right the VS pictured is from a 3 gallon pot, 3rd season. I have some other VS , but for whatever reason this one has grown even more vigorously than the others.

More support for my theory about VS and growth in partial shade!!

And the climber might need more sun or more nutrients.

Springwood....please show pictures of your garden when they bloom! By the way, how wide is your garden path? 5ft wide? I have a similar layout and it is about 3 ft and I find that it is too narrow!

Springwood, I found VS does best with ideally 6 hours of direct morning sun and then afternoon shade. It needs the sun to grow and produce nice flowering stems, but the flowers are adversely affected but intense afternoon sun. Mine gets morning sun and is then shaded by the house and tree from afternoon sun. That's why I believe it's In a happy spot. I have other VS that get some afternoon sun too and the flowers, at least in prior seasons, have not been as nice. We'll see what happens this year

My VS's are in full sun, and by that I mean 10 hours. They were 3 gallons this spring and have grown very well and at this point are filling with buds and a few are opening. I am zone 5.

Sounds good. Show a pic or let us know how the flowers hold up to the heat. Last season the flowers of the Vs I had were browning of the plant I had in afternoon sun. It's possible though the plant was just not mature enough to handle the heat. This year we'll see what happens as the plants are bigger and will hopefully produce bigger flowers which can stand heat better

I'll get a pic later today and update later this summer, as well.

My two are currently forming buds at different rates, hence the reputation of the plant. :)

Your vs look really good. They seem to be enjoying their new home

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This is the second year for my VS. so far they have gotten off to a great start.