It continues to be drizzly and wet. Another 4 tenths of an inch of rain overnight. There have only been a few hours, one day and an afternoon here and there, of sunshine to admire the beautiful doublefile viburnum. Mostly I am seeing it through mist and gloom. But what a sight ---
Wow.
The blackhaw viburnums are less showy, but they both bloomed this spring. The one with the twisted trunks in the garden in front of Meadow's Edge got a severe pruning.
Surprisingly, with major branches removed, there was little difference to be seen in the canopy. It's still a full, leafy, little tree. The removal of a third of the twiggy denseness did not diminish it at all. I can't get a good picture of its shape, though. The backgrounds are too difficult.
I didn't prune the other one in front of the bathroom window as severely all at once, but I have been removing wayward large branches here and there. I probably took a quarter of it off, and it is looking nice and tree like now too.
The pagoda dogwood looks rangy and skinny, but is healthy. The new American holly is putting out lots of new leaves!
