Willow AT A GLANCE
USDA Hardiness Zone
3+
Blooming Period
Mid Spring
Sex
Male
Potential Height/Width
15 ft high, 10 ft wide
Uses
Weaving projects of any kind, structures
A male selection of the purple willow from the UK. All purpurea varieties are too bitter to be eaten by deer so this makes them great for dense hedges and fedges to keep deer away from plants they will eat.
Here’s ‘Dicky Meadows’ described by the World of Willows Nursery in the UK:
“This is one of the most popular basket willows. It is a wonderfully fine willow with very even rods which are slender and very flexible. It is also very attractive as a low growing shrub with yellow rods with red tips in winter. It is bright green when fresh and dries to a mid-brown. It grows around 4’ to 5’ in a year.
It is more versatile than many basket willows allowing its use for very fine work. This is one of our favourites for children to work with.”
We coppice ours every year and end up with 8-10ft rods and is not a low growing shrub!
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