Sprucing up the winter garden

I came home from vacation to see the results of wind storms and cold weather. We had many leaves to rake up - happily John did much of this clean-up. I trimmed a lot of dead foliage from perennials.

I planted two lemon cypress trees in pots on front porch. I put twigs from red twig dogwood in other pots to give them some structure and color. These may root, providing a bonus of some super plants to give away.

The Callicarpa bodinieri (Profusion Beautyberry) looks great, with iridescent purple berries.