Knobby knees and Carefree Delights

The Bald Cypress is getting huge, and putting out "knees" clear out into the grass. It's a beautiful tree all year long, and does well in this rather soggy corner of the yard.

The Carefree Delights are blooming later than usual this year––probably because we pruned them hard, clear to the ground this year. We've seen our local arboretum (where we bought these plants) prune their wild roses way back, and come back vigorous as ever. We pruned everything back hard this year, and the yellow roses have been disappointing, but I think we'll be glad that we pruned them next year.