the white spots make me think forsythia.. but at 14 degrees.. i am not walking out to compare to mine.. lol ... a failsafe check.. would be to cut some branch ends.. and put them in a vase.. and they will bloom in a week or so ... if they have had enough chill time ... if they confirm forsythia.. google: rejuvenation pruning of flowering shrubs.. and get to work ... you would remove all the largest branches as close to the ground as you can get ... ... looking at yours.. w/o a scale.. remove everything greater than 3/4 of an inch ... and see what you can make of it and stop pruning it at height ... that is part of your base problem ... and after 2 years of rejuvenation ... either decide you like where you are going with it ,... OR GET RID OF IT ... you really dont have to keep things that bother you .... the ones you forced into bloom ... will root inside a month or so.. so lucky you.. you can have more of them ... lol ... in all reality.. no matter what it is.. you could probably cut it to 3 inches.. ALL OF IT ... and have a nice smaller plant in spring.. though if you do it now.. you will cut off all the flowers.. so no spring show.. and that is why you could cut it to the ground..as soon as it is done blooming ... you will probably be pleased with the result ... or you will get rid of it .... ken

I usually mulch the area around my clematis well (though not right against the stems) to help keep moisture even. A couple of times a week you might stick your finger down as far as possible into the soil in the area you dug out. Sometimes the moisture level in a relatively new hole may be different than what it appears or what the surrounding area is like, either drier or wetter, so checking before watering is helpful. A few questions: Where are you generally? - plants behave differently in different parts of the country What is your soil like - sandy, clay or loamy? and what is on the other side of the fence? - i.e. might your neighbor or a road maintenance crew have been spraying something like weed killer? For what it's worth, IME Jackmanii is a fairly robust clematis and should pull through even though it may not look too ornamental right now. My mom had one that a landscaper planted, in clay soil with no attention whatsoever other than a pruning if I happened to be in town at a good time for that, and it survived and bloomed every year.

Yes, these beans have leaves that are a bit yellower than the standard. They make a striking contrast in the garden with my other favorite, Royal Burgundy since the purple beans have especially dark leaves with purple stems.

One of the highest times for a citrus tree to drop leaves is when the tree flowers. I would not worry about over watering a tree planted in 5-1-1. If there was any cause to be concerned with a 5-1-1 medium it would be under watering. I remember a trial on the old Citrus Growers forum, where a grower watered a 5-1-1 every day for two months, and the tree did excellent. Your tree looks fine. There is a little manganese deficiency on the newest leaves, but at the deficiency level of your tree's leaves not much to worry about. The tree will probably grow out of that on it own.