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They don't pull well at all!! Pulling just rips off the foliage leaving the bulb(s) in place. They need to be dug out (ask me how I know :-))
Virginia bluebells are not at all the same plant as the bluebells that inhabit gardens in the PNW. Those are bulbs in the genus Hyacinthoides and include Spanish bluebells (H. hispanica), English bluebells (H. non-scripta) and a hybrid between the two (H. massartiana). Massartiana is the one most often found here, it is extremely weedy and spreads both by seeds and by bulbs.
I've had to deal with it in all of my gardens and it is a major PITA!!
I prune type 2's the same way I prune type 3's, so a hard prune down to the first or second set of buds from the base of the vine. All this does is delay the initial flowering slightly while keeping the vine to a manageable size.
I do this for a couple of reasons. I have too many clematis and I don't always keep good track of who is where because I also grow them all in containers and move them around a lot. It is just much simpler to treat them all the same.
Depending on your location, I would have done this by now. I typically prune in February or March. This past year, I pruned them all back in October, as I moved to a new house and garden and they were easier to transport. In mid April, both 2's and 3's will have a lot of new growth on them and sometimes it seems a little brutal to cut that all off. Be strong!! The vine won't mind a bit and will respond by pushing more new growth lower down, just where you want it.
Mmmm, you have no space and can’t afford it. That is a garden dilema. Fortunately, you’ve come to the right place. Where do you garden? Are there other Acer options that might be a better fit? Is there anything that can be culled? BTW, I’ve got one of the palmatum x pseudosieboldianum hybrids that is very nice.