Wormwood

I made some progress on my front and back yard this weekend, mainly cutting back a lot of dead stuff that had dried out while the house was on sale.  Here's the more successful of the two wormwood shrubs I planted:

This giant fuschia is still a little worse for wear:

I discovered that one of the rose bushes is going to have fragrant purple roses:

I planted some mint, that I thought was going to die, but now looks like it's making a comeback:

I spent a lot of time hacking away at two overgrown evergreen shrubs: