I agree. Don't get in any great rush to shovel prune anything at all, until you are able to verify for sure just what everything is. 1-Is a rose, but I don't agree/assume it is a wild one, and would certainly wait to see the blooms. 2-Yes, some sort of daylily. If there are a lot of them, and they bloom orange, they may be what is called ditch lily...but again, I would wait and see. They too are nice in the right setting...or at least a few of them. 4-Looks like a tree cut back, and very similar in form to a redbud of mine that came back form a stump. 6-Vinca...some say invasive and dig out, but I have found it to be a nice ground cover in the right place. Maybe give that a consideration. 7-Possible a Burning Bush. Some say are invasive, but have never seen it here in my climate...not a single new seedling to be found anywhere here or in the area. 8-looks like a mock orange to me. 9-Possibly Ornithogalum umbrellatum, Star of Bethlehem, but maybe not. If it appears to be everywhere, then that is likely what it is. The more mature outer strands of foliage will have a little white line down the center if you look closely. If it has that, then shovel prune it every chance you get. I have 40 acres of it and dig it each spring for months while the foliage is visible. I refuse to make a bed and have all that come up each spring...been there...done that. If it is just a clump or two, it might be Daffodil Hawera. It has very thin foliage like that when it emerges, but gets considerably taller. Do you know if you maybe have other Daffodil foliage that has emerged? Before you shovel prune anything, please come back with pics of the foliage after it emerges. You can then better decide once you know for sure what things are, if you might want to keep them until you have something more suitable to replace them with. Have fun in your new home! Sue...just a lurker

i dont replant trees that gratuitously plant themselves in my garden.. via the digestive tract of a bird [after all.. that is why they are in the middle of the lilac] ... and usually... there are much better cultivars to be had ... just because something is free.. doesnt make it good ... if you want a hawthorn.. then pay to get a spectacular one... and the cherry tree... heck.. if you find one.. you will probably be finding hundreds more ...and if momma is anywhere near.. the birds will start bombing your car and house with purple poops ... oh yeah.. .. cut both near the ground and drip 100% round up or stumpkiller.. on the cut... and leave the lilac be ... ken

saltcedar, I was going to say the leaves were too different when I looked at the first, large photo, but when I caught the "wintermoor" I realized that those leaves as well as the stalk looked very similar. Thank you! I didn't know there was such a thing as a "climbing" hydrangea. I'll read up on it.

HighVoltageBlonde - sorry to keep contradicting you but those plants have definitely bloomed. The flowers could have been months ago. What you have there is a seed pod, not a bud, and it could remain shut and green for weeks before opening and revealing the seeds. Maybe you didn't see them bloom but they did. They still appear to be an Iris of some sort and having now seen the whole plant and also not seeing any evidence of wet ground I think they are probably not I pseudacorus after all.