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DD moved into her new house in Oct, didn't like all the "weeds" around the house, so tried to chop it all out. When I went there in early May, I about had heart failure..said DO NOT cut anything out until you see what's coming up!
I had already spotted 3 different hostas! There was a vine growing, told her to leave it alone. There was a plant that reminded me of wild onion, I believe it's called.
Anyway.. she just sent me two pics of some of the beautiful flowers that she's starting to see in her yard. I'm so jealous!!
Please see if you can tell me what these are.. the vine I'm guessing is Clematis and the 2nd one is Asiatic Lily, I think. But that's my very uneducated guess :)
You nailed it on both... from what I can tell. The clematis I can not tell what kind it is from the photo, but clematis fall in 3 different categories. These categories have to do with pruning. If you prune it properly it will benefit the plant tremendously. for now keep the roots shaded and out of direct sun, just the roots. You can put some mulch down to protect them if they are already not shaded. Don't start pruning anything until you find out if its a 1, 2 or 3 then she or you:) will know when and how to prune them otherwise you will do what I did KILL IT! Get a nice good quality close up of one of the blooms and post it under communities for clematis. Ask the Clematis folks to ID it for you and if they know whether its a 1,. 2 or 3 then you can do a internet search for properly pruning clematis according to number...
The asiatic lilys are a beautiful color, just leave them... they will multiply each year.
Thanks for the replies.. I'll definitely get with her on the clematis. I grow daylilies, so figured with the Asiatic, leaving them alone is the best thing to do.
What kills me is that she chopped that clematis vine down to the ground last October/Nov..told her she was very lucky that she did it so late in the year. Obviously she didn't kill it off this time anyway :)
I'll have her take another picture and do as you suggested.
Certain clematis bloom on old wood (i.e. stems that are from the previous year, or older), while others bloom on new growth, and some on both. Your daughter's clematis (though the picture is too small to tell what kind it is) would appear to be one that blooms on new growth.
