were wilting
Past progressive conjugation of wilt. There are other translations for this conjugation.

wilt

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He had almost reached the patch of level ground in front of the bank where the clematis grew whose fake, felty umbels were wilting on their necks, and winding their stalks around the wireframe which Schramm had erected for them.
Casi había llegado al lugarcito de tierra llana antes del talud de hierba, donde la clemátide crecía, marchitaba sus aterciopelados corimbos contra su nuca y enroscaba los tallos alrededor de los alambres que Schramm había tensado para ella.
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