A large willow branch blew down and I’m leaving it there for now, because it might look interesting to have the red hot poker flowers grow up in between its branches. Behind it is a red maple kept smallish via pruning; it grows up from the rocky rip rap and helps stabilize everything.
This part of the slope seemed to need more airflow. Clearing leaves and exposing the branch structure of this Salix purpurea ‘Nana’ seemed to help. On the left is Juniperus virginiana, on the right is dappled Willow (Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’) and in front of it is Juniperus horizontalis.
