purpurea #187

A vigorous male selection of the purple willow that was developed at SUNY Syracuse for biofuel production and got into commercial trade surreptitiously (a NY State willow grower apparently was seen climbing over their fence with handfulls of cuttings)! All purpurea varieties are too bitter to be eaten by deer so this makes them great for dense hedges and fedges to keep them away from plants they will eat. #187 has particularly long, thin and straight green rods making it very useful for all kinds of living and dried purposes. We coppice ours every year and end up with 8-10ft rods!