Willow trees / cuttings.

[Duronal]

I was watching gardeners world a while back (3 weeks ago maybe) and Toby and Alice were making willow obelisk for plants. I was wondering if anyone has tried it? I was also wondering whether anyone here would be able to suggest where i can get some willow cuttings from? The nurseries i've tried haven't produced anything so far. I believe Toby mentioned that a cutting could be bought for as little is 50p and was called a slip?

If anyone can shed some light on this conundrum please let me know.


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[Mcbee]

I'm not sure about 50p, but this site does hedging , and there are some willow on there for about £1.50.

http://www.buckingham-nurseries.co.u...log/index.html

[Mcbee]

I'm not sure about 50p, but this site does hedging , and there are some willow on there for about £1.50.

http://www.buckingham-nurseries.co.u...log/index.html

[Polly Fouracre]

Walk along a river bank in the spring ,armed with a pair of secataurs, find a willow tree and cut some "withies", thin shoots of willow about two feet long. Put them in a bucket of water and in no time they'll have roots on them.
When you plant them remember to water well all summer and autumn.

[Duronal]

That sounds great Polly but my knowledge of what a willow tree looks like minus leaves is a problem! To be honest my knowledge of trees is very limited any recommendations on literature/websites?

[Polly Fouracre]

Late spring/early summer will do! If all fails I can send some shoots from my willow cave, grown from withies five years ago

[GilesN]

Just seen this thread, you can get setts (cuttings) of a variety of willows, green red yellow stemmed etc suitable for all sorts of uses, from us - . You can also buy 6-8ft rods that you stick in the ground and will create a living fence (fedge). The setts cost £28 for 50 (thats 56p) inc p&p.