Yeah, Sylvia, I remember when you bought the Solomon's Seal. I got one too. Mine is in that dark, dark corner where only mushrooms want to grow. It's hanging in there, but barely. I'm just trying to keep it alive until the giant mushroom next door (aka my neighbor's monstrous Bradford pear) finally dies and lets us have some light over here again. It's not just the Solomon's Seal... my bedroom is dark as a cave.
I don't remember your white clematis--what kind was it? Do you remember the clematises you bought on the crispy critters rack at Lowe's one year and brought to the RU? Mine (Nellie Moser) came up and bloomed the next spring. It's in bud right now.
My hostas are still coming up, but my gardens are very spotty. I'm just so crushed at how little they are. I think, not sure yet, that I managed to save my one "splurge" hosta, Foxfire Rose Red, but it's so little, it looks like Thumbelina. I guess that's okay because Thumbelina is still MIA. So is my favorite, Touch of Class.
Sylvia, I don't know if it'll do any good or not, but if it's okay with you, I'll share a link to this coop on my Facebook page.