It appears to need a good, slow soaking to me. Take your garden hose, turn it on to just a trickle and set it at the base of the plant. Let it soak all day, then assess it the next day. If it's still wilted, take it back where you bought it and get another.

Thanks

I'm thinking about planting one of these vines and I'd love to know how they did for you. How tall did they get their first year? Did they bloom? Were they pretty? Did you figure out how much water they want?

Daphne in Tacoma

Out of eight planted, three went brown over the summer, the others did fine. New growth and flowers as they should have. I think that I will need to redo the holes for the three that browned, it seemed like they drained too quickly, so either the water never soaked in and just ran off the tops, or drained too quickly out of the hole and just wasn't taken up.

They should do great in Tacoma. I grew up in that area, and remember the soil being much richer and better for almost any plant than where i am now. Clay is just not very forgiving.