No, I didn't fertilize it, but it was planted in some half-done compost that has broken down more this year, so it may have access to more nutrients.

Small camellias often come from nursery full of buds and then don't bloom again for years in the final planting position. Apparently there is a fertilization regime or other factor present in production nurseries that is absent in the general landscape. Your Punica may be demonstrating the same phenomenon. The highly potent fertilizer you are using may eventually poison the soil if continued. Sample soil and have it tested before doing anymore fertilizing. Follow recommendations on soil test report. The 52% phosphorus in particular is probably quite excessive, depending on how much P is present (and available) there already.

pippi21 - I don't know the name of the lupines because I just WS some seeds I got in trades along with ones I harvested myself. As soon as they bloomed I knew you'd want seeds so I put Velcro tape around the stems with a P for pink, R for red and B for blue so I'll know to keep the seeds separated. You know you're welcome to them when seed trading season rolls around. The Shasta daisies are from my neighbor's plant so I don't know the cultivar on those. Never did send for the crazy daisy seeds--ran out of time and energy! northerner_on - my laurels would collapse if I tried to rest on them right about now! Karen - thanks! shady_lady_pa - the iris might be Caesar's Brother but they were a "donation" from a neighbor so I can't be certain. If you want seeds from them, let me know and I'll send you some later this year. If they were easier to divide I'd be glad to send you plants. I've started a weekly journal to track what blooms when now that things are beginning to produce flowers. I want to know what blooms for the longest time so I can WS lots more of them and which things don't last as long (like peonies) but are so spectacular, they're worth the effort + real estate to grow them. So far I'm really impressed with globeflower/Trollius ledebouri because it has golden orange flowers that are really exquisite. I don't normally like orange but there's something about these that appeals to me plus they're excellent WS candidates--I got like 198% germination and the sprouts are incredibly healthy. They're also a fuss-free perennial that comes up reliably, blooms, goes dormant and repeats the following year. They're drought tolerant, not bothered by any pests or diseases and don't need dividing as near as I can tell. That puts them in the 'What's not to like?' category for me.

Shirley, both of the clematis you mentioned having problems with the second flush of blooms are type II clematis. The second set of blooms on type II clematis are typically not as floriferous and tend not to resemble the first flush of blooms, especially if the plants are relatively young and haven't been established for long in the garden. Another possibility is that the plants put all of their energy into the first flush of flowers and you failed to provide enough nutrients for the plants to produce a truly representative second set of flowers. Next year, I would provide some sort of supplemental fertilization after the first flowering. Since it was only the second year the plants were in the ground, perhaps in subsequent years, the plants will be mature enough to be able to support a second flush of flowers. The old adage about clematis is true: First year sleep, Second year creep, Third year leap. Of course this is a general saying and some clematis may take longer to get established depending on the size they were when they were planted, the specific species you are planting, and the amount of care they are given once in the ground.