Gardening help please! Wisteria/Clematis/Hydrangeas??

We've just planted 4 clematises under our balcony and are training it to grow onto wooden lattice. I would like to put tiger lilies a few feet out in front of this, but will the clematis overtake them anyway?





Also, just bought 2 wisterias (not the crazy kind, it's Amesthyst Falls) and want to plant them on the corner of our wooden fence line, training them to each go down opposite sides of the fence (90-degree angle). I know the wisteria will take lots of pruning after first bloom, but is this a bad idea altogether? Should they be planted farther apart and trained to eventually meet up?





And last, how will 2 hydrangea bushes do with an elephant ear plant in the middle of them? All are spaced 2-3 feet apart.





We live in Georgia, and have followed directions when planting as far as sun/shade requirements. I'm mainly wondering about the location and combinations here. Any and all advice is welcome, even if you only know about part of it. Thanks in advance for any answers!!

Gardening help please! Wisteria/Clematis/Hydrangeas??
clematis won't overtake anything; they are not evasive %26amp; require their feet to be shaded or they will not do well at all; I have even put rocks on their roots for shade; so I think the lilies would do well there. From what I have read about wisteria they might well bring a wooden fence down; I would certainly call a nursery in the area to ask their opinion about it, %26amp; how far to plant away from each other b/4 putting it into the ground; Clematis is dainty %26amp; delicate %26amp; doesn't pull; wisteria from what I have read is the opposite. Most hydrangea's like shade, %26amp; elephants ears like sun i believe; I know that they all get very large over time so i don't think i would plant them together. However, since most things can be pruned without any difficulty %26amp; the plants seem to thrive on being groomed; i would leave that one up to you. You might do a lot more pruning yearly once up %26amp; about so to speak (the plants) than you want to.
Reply:Kat's right. Clematis want sunny faces and shaded feet, so to speak. Mulch well at the roots and the lilies will help shade them, too. I think it sounds pretty!





If you have a Mophead Hydrangea ( the variety that everyone thinks of when they think Hydrangea ) I think the Elephant Ears will look good. If it's a Lacecap or Asperas, not so much. Their blooms are too delicate.
Reply:I dont have wisteria so cant help with that one


Hydrangeas and elaphant ears wont work together.For one the ears will take over the entire garden and trimming wont help as they will expand under ground and continue to come up for years.It took me several years of digging up the rhizones to finally eradicate them.Put more hydrangeas in their place-makes a beautiful garden.


I have clematis( 6 plants) growing on my 7 ft page fence-25 ft long-and in 2 years it covered the entire fence-its beautiful.I also have iris gowing 1 ft in front of it and I just trained the branches back to the fence to keep it away from the iris