Before

Here is the Tyler Rose Garden on the grounds of the Texas Capitol. I love walking by.

As you may or may not know, it’s rose bush trimming time in these here parts, right around Valentine’s Day on up to the end of February.

After

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Here’s the rose garden after it’s been “trimmed,” a gardening version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It looks as if someone just took a chainsaw and walked up and down the rows. (I’m pretty sure that’s not how it’s done, it just looks that way.)  They cut it back like this every year and every year the rose bushes grow and bloom wonderfully.