Willows

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Salix × pendulina f. erythroflexuosa Up to 30' tall × 15-30' wide. Ornamental squiggly branches used for floral design, wreaths and funky living fences. Gorgeous auburn color. Z4. read more
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‘Frances Red’ Basket Willow
Bare-Root Plants

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Salix purpurea 8-10'. Useful for willow basketry when annually coppiced. Produces long non-branching purplish-red rods that appear dark grey with purple-red in a finished basket. Z4. read more
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‘Green’ Curly Willow
Cuttings

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Salix × pendulina f. erythroflexuosa Up to 30' tall × 15-30' wide. Ornamental squiggly branches used for floral design, wreaths and funky living fences. Yellowy-green bark. Z4. read more
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Salix gracilistyla 6x6'. Pink buds, cheery rosy pink catkins make a stunning early spring display of color. Excellent in cut flower arrangements. Z4. read more
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Salix × pendulina f. erythroflexuosa Up to 30' tall × 15-30' wide. Ornamental squiggly branches used for floral design, wreaths and funky living fences. The most curly of the three. Z4. read more
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Coral Bark Willow
Bare-Root Plants

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Salix alba ‘Britzenzis’ 15-30' x 12-15'. Fast-growing shrubby willow with highly ornamental “coral” red bark. Especially beautiful in the winter landscape. Z2. read more
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Salix pendulina f. salamonii 50x50'. The classic weeping willow. Very large majestic graceful wide-spreading tree with golden drooping branches. Attracts loads of pollinators. Z3. read more
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Willows Salix spp.

The genus Salix comprises hundreds of different species of plants most commonly called willows but sometimes called Osier or Sallow. Willows grow all over the world. Some, like the weeping willow, are towering specimens. Others are short scrubby bushes; willows growing in the arctic can be 100 years old but only 2' tall! Uses include ornamental landscaping, shade, basketmaking, erosion control, timber, fuel and medicine. All parts, especially the bark, contain salicin, used for relief of pain and fever for hundreds, or even thousands, of years. Aspirin is a synthetic analog of salicin. Willows feed local wildlife, insects and birds. We plant them near the orchard to provide early season forage for our native pollinators. All prefer sun and loamy wet soils, but are adaptable, easily transplanted and fast growing.