I had a maintenance project on the schedule for today. But first, I had to see how everyone was doing.

So far, so good for the Eleanor Tabor Indian Hawthorn.

The small rose bush continues to impress.

Several blooms in waiting are visible.

This rose bush was the very first thing I planted in the yard after moving in.

Sweetgum tree.

The new Cleveland Select Flowering pear tree is alive and well.

Ditto the October Glory maple tree.

The Bridal Wreath spirea and Javelin Rush grass plants at the mailbox are doing very well, and have grown substantially.

The amount of growth that has taken place since I planted everything in March is quite impressive.

Today's maintenance project was to do some trimming.

Since the loropetalums were finished blooming, I broke out the hedge trimmer.

I also pruned the two large shrubs seen in the photo above. I have no idea what either of them are, other than large.

The volunteer holly seen in the photo above continues to grow quite rapidly. Since it looks nice and fills that space, I'm going to leave it in place.

The flowering dogwood tree is now fully green. I may have to do something about the horizontal branch on the left side of the photo above.

Everything in front of the house got a haircut, and looks much better.

Another view of the Sweetgum tree.

I continued the pruning and shaping on the driveway azaleas since they all finished blooming. I cut quite a bit off of the first cluster next to the street.

The third azalea looks like it is benefiting from the pruning and shaping.

The fourth azalea, even though it looked great while blooming, is still a mess.

The fifth azalea has also benefitted from pruning and shaping.

I also did some mowing in the backyard.

The Japanese Boxwoods are all doing very well. The mystery bulbs, however, have not bloomed as of yet. If they are irises like my neighbor suspects, they should have bloomed by now.