@Magnumrtawd Bob,
I just saw this and I too have 'Major Wheeler'. I've it in a 20 inch container that sits on soil in a flowerbed with a tall trellis leaning onto the container.
When you mentioned that it stopped flowering in mid September. I wanted to tell you (for next year, since it is late December) that I keep the flowers deadheaded every day and/or every week (every year). I've had mine blooming all the way through today 12/25/15. It is unusual for it to be blooming this late into December, but because of the unusual warm weather we've had and with my constant deadheading, I've flowers and flower buds. Of course, in normal years it will be blooming well into the fall for me.
Here are some of the flowers and buds I took 12/25/15.
