caprea Select

This selection was supplied to us by Larry Smart of Cornell University and features stems that produce an extraordinary abundance of male flowers per stem (I counted 85 catkins on one stem in April 2, 2017), making it a wonderful cut stem producer! It was developed for the cut stem industry (I’d like to know by whom). It makes so many flowers that there aren’t many cuttings available on each stem, as the stems in the area of flower buds don’t always have vegetative buds. It is much hairier than the species so naturally we wonder what the female parent had been up to? Perhaps a cross with Salix cinerea? It is a non-fussy plant that will grow just about anywhere that is moist, not wet. Must be in full sun to produce the most flowers!

The Fact Sheet for this species can be found on the Willowpedia.