Hedge | Vermont Willow Nursery https://vermontwillownursery.com Buds up! Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:31:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/vermontwillownursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-IMG_0508-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hedge | Vermont Willow Nursery https://vermontwillownursery.com 32 32 196090059 Willow Rainbow Collection https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/willow-rainbow-collection/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:06:05 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=4414 We want to see willow rainbow hedges everywhere!

A panoply of color that is sure to bring joy to all who encounter it. This selection represents the range of the color scale.

This collection is designed to be a rainbow hedge that will be 30 feet in length if planted in 2 rows with 18 inch spacing.

 

substitutions will be made in the event of crop failure - were this to occur we will also ensure it is not of anything else you may have also purchased.

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]]> The collection has 7 varieties of willow. Each variety comes in a bundle of 5 dormant cuttings. The cuttings are 10 inches in length. The cuttings are designed to plant 8 inches into the ground with 2 inches above ground. When weather conditions are ideal, the dormant cutting will begin to root and grow shoots, eventually growing into a shrub when coppiced. Coppice every one to two years to maintain bright stem color and shrub height (4-6 ft).

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]]> 4414 aurita x viminalis https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/aurita-x-viminalis/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:44:25 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1505 Hybrid Eared Willow

aurita = eared

viminalis = osier

 

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USDA Hardiness Zone

4+

Blooming Period

Mid Spring

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Female

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15 - 20 ft

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Windbreaks, privacy screens, may be useful for fuel

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]]> An imposing small tree with attractive foliage. Makes a dense hedge or windbreak. May be useful for firewood and biomass because of its rapid, heavy growth.

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]]> 1505 purpurea var. sericea https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/purpurea-var-sericea/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:40:39 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1491 Silky Purple Willow

purpurea - purple

sericea - silky

 

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4+

Blooming Period

Mid Spring

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15 ft tall x 10 ft wide

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]]> This unique purpurea variety is distinguished by having silky hairs on the young growth; no other purpurea has this feature (there may have been some hanky-panky with another species somewhere back in time). It has been suggested that it is a hybrid with Salix viminalis or a selection of S. gilgiana! Stems are orange-brown in the first winter and age to gray in future years. Ours is a female selection with lots of catkins that start gray and mature green. It makes a dense bush similar to Salix purpurea ‘Gracilis’ but grows larger and more erect (6-7ft after six years) so it makes a great fence for deer protection. The leaves and stems are similar to ‘Gracilis’ in size and shape. Think of it as a ‘Gracilis’ on steroids.

Description Credit to Michael Dodge

 

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]]> 1491 triandra ‘Noir de Villaines’ https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/triandra-noir-de-villaines/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:36:29 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1480 triandra = three stamens

 

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Unknown as of yet, at least 4

Blooming Period

Late Spring

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]]> A french basketry willow that grows 6 to 8 feet in one season after coppicing; one of the most vigorous and stocky of triandra selections. Like other triandras, it breaks dormancy later than many other species, thus extending the flowering season for willows which makes it useful for beekeepers. It is a male selection and has 2 to 3 inches long slender yellow catkins. The young stems are dark reddish-brown to dark chocolate colored. If left to become a tree, the bark peels in interesting patterns with cinnamon coloring. The leaves are finely toothed, dark green and shiny on the upper surface and pale green on the under side. They are also darker and rounder than that of the other selections. Also has good yellow autumn colors. It is a very useful basketry variety and can also be used for small living structures.

Description Credit to Michael Dodge

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]]> 1480 triandra ‘Black Maul’ x ‘Grisette Noire’ https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/triandra-black-maul-x-grisette-noire/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:32:42 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1476 triandra = three stamens

Grisette = a French working-class girl or young woman

 

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3+

Blooming Period

Late Spring

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]]> This is a cross between popular basketry willow ‘Black Maul’ and a French selection named ‘Grisette Noire’. It makes a good ornamental shrub; useful for hedging; a valuable basketry willow; useful for living structures. Best if coppiced to produce the long, straight rods. This (and our other triandras) are late bloomers that would work well for those interested in attracting pollinators throughout Spring.

Specific details for this selection are scant. Once we learn more we’ll update this page.

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]]> 1476 triandra ‘Black Maul’ https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/triandra-black-maul/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:28:04 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1470 Almond-leaf Willow

triandra = three stamens

maul = malleable

 

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3+

Blooming Period

Early Summer

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]]> ‘Black Maul’ is one of the most recognized in European basketry. Triandra is a robust, bushy shrub or small tree to 30 feet. The young stems are shiny dark maroon-black and the foliage is typical willow-shaped, the leaves are 3 to 6 inches slightly furry at first but later smooth and shiny. It has great autumn color! The female catkins appear with the leaves and mature at 2 to 3 inches.

Description Credit to Michael Dodge

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]]> 1470 triandra ‘Black Hollander’ https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/triandra-black-hollander/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:04:05 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1466 Almond-leaf Willow

triandra = three stamens

 

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]]> Triandra is a robust, bushy erect shrub or small tree to 30 feet. The young stems start green but turn shiny dark maroon-black in winter. It tolerates damper conditions than most willows and as such it is often grown on stream or river banks. Useful as an ornamental shrub or used in hedging. It is a valuable basketry willow.

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]]> 1466 triandra ‘Whissender’ https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/triandra-whissender/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 20:28:38 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1174 Almond-leaf Willow

triandra = 3 stamens

 

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Unsure, at least 4

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Mid Spring

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]]> This came to us as S. daphnoides ‘Purple Heart’ (a female selection) so as soon as it flowered with male catkins so we had a big oops! We checked it out and found it is a very cool selection of S. triandra and by far the most vigorous and prettiest of the triandras we have grown; also one of the most popular in Europe for basket-makers to boot. As you can see it’s a free-flowering male selection that bees swarm to! Another amazing feature of the Triandras is their exfoliating bark that rivals any other type of tree grown for this purpose (Cornus, Maples, Pines, Birch, Plane/Sycamore, Stewartia, Crepe Myrtle etc.)! Will grow on poor ground and light sandy soil. Coppice every 2-3 to get the best rods; but remember it only flowers on old wood, so don’t coppice every year.

Description Credit to Michael Dodge

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]]> 1174 purpurea ‘Streamco’ https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/purpurea-streamco/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:01:38 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1152 Streamco Willow

purpurea = purple

 

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Possibly as low as 3

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Spring...Stay tuned!

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Potential Height

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Streambank restoration, weaving, wind/snow break.

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]]> ‘Streamco’ is a male clone selected by the USDA in Big Flats, NY from a naturalized stand of Salix purpurea. It was chosen for the purpose of protecting and renovating streambanks. It is a densely stemmed bush that does not sucker, but will self-layer. It will grow 6-8ft tall if left unpruned. The fine stems are purple at first and mature to gray; the leaves are bluish green and silver-gray underneath.

Description Credit to Michael Dodge

 

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/nypmcrb12328.pdf

 

Thank you, USDA-NRCS and Big Flats for your important work!

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]]> 1152 purpurea https://vermontwillownursery.com/product/purpurea/ Sun, 03 Oct 2021 23:03:49 +0000 https://vermontwillownursery.com/?post_type=product&p=1138 Purple Willow

Helix Willow

purpurea = purple, referring to the young stems

 

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]]> This is a male form of the species that is responsible for producing so many variations;

we were generously allowed to take cuttings of this plant from the Arnold Arboretum in 2014 (their accession number AA1045-79-D). This forms a vigorous upright shrub with somewhat arching branches when mature. The leaves and stems are very bitter as it contains large amount of Salicylic acid; too bitter for most animals to eat! However, we have recently learned that cows will eat Salix purpurea varieties. What is so amazing about this selection it that it is the most rust resistant purpurea I have in my collection of 26+ varieties! Rust is not usually a problem in most willows, but in exceptionally rainy springs and summers, several may be infected—as are many other types of plants.

It has showy male flowers typical of the species that appear before the bluish-gray leaves, typical of the species, appear. It is a European and Western Russian native that has naturalized widely over Northeastern North America (including Fairfield VT) and the NW Pacific Coast. One such plant, a wildling in a ditch by the side of the road I had admired for many years for it’s very slender growth, was removed to build a driveway last year. Luckily I had taken cuttings of it the previous year.

Description Credit to Michael Dodge

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