![Willows
[Salix]
why willows are so special!
as old as dinosaurs
alpines, ornamental
shrubs and huge trees
350 different species
on four continents
over 1500 hybrids
and cultivars
Grow almost anywhere, even poor and polluted soils
year-round interest
easy to propagate
and Easy to grow
Great long-lasting cut flowers and stems for
winter displays
inside or out
FIRST Woody PLant
TO FLOWER IN SPRING;
LAST TREE TO LOSE
ITS LEAVES IN AUTUMN
one blooms
November through April!
BEES LOVE WILLOWS AND SHOW
IT BY MAKING GREat tasting honey from them
willow uses
BASKETRY
Garden art
plant supports
biodegradable COMPOST BINS
Bird feeders
Cut stems for forcing
fences and fedges
living structures: domes, tunnels, chairs, arches,
woven trees in containers
Children’s playhouses
“Cathedrals”
Herodotus described using willows to build coracles in the 5th Century BC
prevent soil erosion with extensive root systems
Artist’s fine Charcoal
biofuel for burning directly and for making ethanol
Chicken Runs so they can
hide from hawks
food for bovines, rabbits
and goats
Pain killer; Aspirin was
derived from willows
BIODEGRADABLE COFFINS
and urns for ashes
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Professional horticulturist
Michael Dodge
has assembled a large collection of willows in Northern Vermont.
Click here
to see what is available from the
Vermont Willow Nursery
1942 Ridge Road North
Fairfield VT 05455
email: WillowmanVT@me.com
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Copyright 2013 Vermont Willow Nursery.
Nothing may be used without written permission from Vermont Willow Nursery.
Vermont Willow Nursery
Pink Pussy Willow
Salix chaenomeloides ‘Mt Aso’
Full flower Feb 25 in Northern Vermont!
Perhaps our favorite Salix.
below: male and female flowers (catkins, pussies)
almost always grow on separate plants.
photos courtesy of the Rothamsted Research UK)
Our Fedge of S. glabra ‘Blackskin’ created in April 2012
and filled in nicely by August. The workshop/shipping facility is behind!
Michael is still a horticulturist first, a Salicologist second!
Our dry stream beds feature perennials, annuals, bulbs, vines, shrubs
in June with Salix caprea ‘Ogon’ at right.
A freshly planted living willow structure created by Living Wales Willow;
kids love it! Leaves appear in a few weeks after roots have formed.
It’s not too late to order most varieties.
We have dormant cuttings in cold storage.
Rods sold only in kits are available.
Contact us for information.
Another part of the dry stream beds with three different willows (S. purpurea ‘Gracilis’, S. x erythroflexuosa and S. x chrysocoma). October 2012
