What do I do with this bush?

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    I've just moved house, from a back yard to a 150ft garden! Can anyone tell me what I should do with this bush?
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    honey, sweetheart, darling, its not a bush. they are a row of hostas. a plant . And they have now wilted like they should after a good frost. Three things you can do, ONE, rake them out with a rake gently. Or take the law mower and swipe it through once, then Three memorize where they are because they will be up next year fine and dandy.

    After a re-look, forget the lawn mower, looks like someone mulched around, so you can do the rake thing if you wish, or you can do nothing and all will be just fine. But just remember they will be back.
     
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    Thank u, I'll cut them all down then [emoji2] Hostas! I will note that down thank u


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    when they start coming up in the spring they will look like pointing spikes out of the ground in a irregular circle, not totally close to each other. And as far as the name of that particular one. throw a picture up again next year in June, in full leaf one of us might figure out the name of it, if that is important to you. However there are over 300 types out there now, and more each day. I have about 20 types on my property after a while I really don't bother to remember what the name is.
     
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    Ok no worries. As long as I know what to do with it, that's fine. Thank u for your help, I may be calling on you again for advice. There are so many plants n trees in our new garden which I'm not sure of!


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    you can see my gardens on You Tube at Estherredstar channel.
     
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    Wow! Just looked at a couple of garden clips on YouTube. I love the hydrangeas xx it's like a garden from the book 'the secret garden' thank u


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      Hi redstar sorry to bother you, you are my guru at the minute! Can I ask should I cut back these, I'm not sure what they are? [​IMG][​IMG]


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      If my eyesight is good, I see some dry stems in there with little balls on them. To me it looks like the remains of a type of day lily. Then can be cut down to about 2 inches from the top of the soil, they will return next year just fine. The the long leaves, are the leaves of the day lily, the dry stems with the little balls on them are the left over flowers gone to seed.
       
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        That's great, thank u, I will cut them tomorrow. Your a wealth of knowledge, thank u [emoji2]


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        They're Crocosmia, common name Montbretia. Just leave the leaves to die down naturally, this will feed the bulbs ( corms) for next year.
         
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          Thank u [emoji106]


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          She should at least dead head the seed pods, that will take the energy from the bulb
           
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