After the rain

(Post that should have been published in June)

We continue to get rain and relatively low temperatures. Hard to believe it is almost June. Heading out into the garden after a storm is always rewarding as I get to see what else has started to pop.
This weekend, I had to start pulling and pruning some of the more robust specimens.

First I tackled some of the sunflowers that are towering close to 8 feet high and home to some lovely little caterpillars (who I made sure found a new home):

Then I cut back the lantana hoping for a brighter display of blooms:

And then I tackled the cosmos which at this point of the year looks lovely, but give it a couple of weeks and they'll be as tall as the sunflowers: