triandra ‘Whissender’

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.