At a lower level, I noticed that the clematis Arctic Queen which receives my tender loving care and has grown in a pot for a few years, has come down with the dreaded clematis wilt and looks to be on death's door. I'll cut it down to ground level and hope for the best but it's a real shame because it is full of big fat buds that were on the point of opening.
Thinking of the sedum growing high up there without any help from me, it's kind of ironic, isn't it? Maybe there's a moral in this story!!!