Hydrangeas are really pretty until after a hard rainstorm..then they just look like sad sacks.

Update!
Jinx, you got the prize!

In this pic, a Clematis (beautiful purple blossoms, now gone) with an Andromeda and a big honkin' hosta. There are lots of hostas in the yard, what with all the shade.

This is a red honeysuckle -- there's one near the front door, too.

A couple of general photos... We power-washed the patio this weekend.

...And now for some questions: what's a weed??
I have things growing in clumps (that seem to be premeditated, for want of a better word) that I don't recognize as out-right weeds, but I don't know what they are. I've circled them in red.

And some pretty-ish groundcover? near the patio:

We are surrounded by huge, honkin' tulip trees that spread their blossoms and seeds everywhere!

I don't know a bunch about plants and such. But I do know this: You have a killer ass yard and home. Very nice. It is relaxing to me just to see the pics.

In the top picture the red circle on the right I'm pretty sure is a weed, I've got tons of it. Tulip trees are really messy. ;)

Thanks, Capn!

Bruce, I almost pulled them out today. Tomorrow, I won't show them any mercy!!

Oh, and any idea what this shrub is?

I figure if it's green, and not in the way, to hell with it. You could also try smoking it. :haha:

None of them are poison ivy. So you are good.

if you like it, it's not a weed. if you don't like it, it is a weed.

the thing top right in the circle could be day lilies. you know the type you get in pots from florists that stink and shed pollen but people seem to like them.


http://extension.missouri.edu/nwregi...ay-Lily-01.jpg

They don't have any buds (yet). They also seem a little skinny for day lilies (which we did have at our old house). Hmm.

weedwhack the fuckers then ;)