Few questions and pics :)

Hi there

Just going to try and upload a couple photos and asks some questions about couple of things in my garden firstly. Can anyone tell me if this a plant or a weed thats popped up?



The next two pictures i think might be of a clematis? I thought was dead at first but i've been watering it and it is actually alive still . Could anyone tell me what it is and what to do with it? Am i supposed to prune and how much?







And finally just thought i'd post a pic of the Ivy that i've been having a fight with few months that was covering pretty much everything and is also appears to be holding a wall up!



Layla

 

that ivy looks very old Ijasmine do you know what the name of the clematis is ? did it flower last year?

 

Not sure whether it flowered last year as we didn't move into the house untill last october.

Th Iyy has definitely been around a few years i think by looks lol

 

Most clematis die down over winter as do most non everygreen plants, it's a scary time as you get the impression that they have died but don't rush to dig them up as you will be surprise how one month something looks dead but by the next month it's shooting new growth.

As you have only been in your new home for such a short period it is sometimes best to wait and see what pops up in your new garden although you are sure to have a few weeds you might just also have many a little gem in your new garden just waiting to say hello......as for that ivy what a horror I should imagine it's hanging well onto that wall.Hel.xxx.

 

yorkshires braveheart is right havin just read the thread i have just been and checked my clematis that grows around my birdtable and if you had seen it last week you would have said it was dead ,but now it is showing its first bit of growth not much but in the next week i would expect leaves and before you know it will be in full bloom. as for the ivy arrrggghhhh

 

Why thank you kind sir!

My clematis is also starting to grow like crazy there is already a good 4 inch of new growth on it!Hel.xxx.

 

found one just sprouting

 

Thanks for replying. I'm really looking forward to watching the garden grow.Do you think should i prune the clematis or leave it?

 

the first photo is a Ranunculus ficaria, possibly 'Brazen Hussy'. its a form of the native celandine and some people consider it a weed, although i quite like having a 'brazen hussy' it give the neighbours something to talk about! :D

 

LOL thats Great thanks glen. Think i'll keep it for the comedy value

 

If it were me I'd leave the clematis, have a look at the flowers and try and work out what type it is. Some really appreciate a hard hack (if you don't they get very leggy). But if you're too heavy handed with others they'll sulk and refuse to flower at all!

Enjoy your discovery

 

Thanks Tangle I'll take your advice and just see what it does for now

 

Problem with pruning clematis is that there are three types which require a different approach including some that only require shorteneing of stems as well as those which you prune right back.
The arger and later flowering ones are generally cut back to the first bud whereas early ones such as Montana only need a trim.

 

Chobart even with a good old hack the crazy Montana comes back with vengeance!Hel.xxx.

 

You are quite right Helen - we had one in the last garden which I dealt with as you say - good old hack - I'm sure that it will be flowering soon..........I like Clematis but some of them can be a bit of a b.....