Grow Pussy Willows

Do you love the fluffy “catkins” or buds that the pussy willow produces every spring? Here you’ll learn everything you need to grow your own pussy willows!

Pussy willows (Salix cinerea) are stately, versatile trees that thrive in poor soil and soggy ground. The fuzzy white catkins are one of the first signs of spring and make pussy willows a decorative shrub. Although you can purchase a plant, it is just as easy and far more cost effective to grow a

Picking pussy willows is a rite of spring. Want to grow some in your own yard? Learn about planting, pruning, preserving, and forcing them.

Like many of you, every year, I eagerly await those first signs of spring. And, among my favorite harbingers of the season are the pussy willows – those

Growing Pussy Willows: Pussy willows, like other willows, are a soft wooded tree that grows rapidly. Keep them rigorously pruned to the desired height.

Martha chats with gardeners and demonstrates how to grow pussy willows.

why willows are so special! 70-135 million years ago, dwarf willows dominated the woody flora. willows can be alpines, ornamental shrubs or huge trees

For many gardeners, nothing says spring like the fuzzy catkins of a pussy willow tree. What many gardeners don’t know is that you can produce better branches for catkins by pruning pussy willows. If you know how to prune a pussy willow tree, you can encourage long, straight stems which will look

SOME OTHER WILLOWS . Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) An ornamental tree imported from northern China. More common further south of the U.P. Pussy …

Everyone?s heard of pussy willows, but what is a Japanese pussy willow? It?s the showiest pussy willow shrub of all. If you are interested in growing Japanese pussy willows, then this article will help with tips on how to grow a Japanese pussy willow …