Pencil cypresses

My, haven’t you had a growth spurt.

I swear I have walked past this particular plant in the garden about eight times every single day for years and year and never really noticed what a beast it has become.

It is so polite. So undemanding.

I often give it a pat when I go past.

But I rarely look up.

And it was only when I leant a rake against it this week did I notice it seems to be more than two metres tall.

And yes I did go back to see when I planted it.

January 2018.

Totem cypress. Eight euros. What a fab investment.

I have lost a few to drought in recent years.

But the ones that have stuck (and we don’t count the ones that caught fire!) never get watered.

Good drought tolerant beasts.