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Growing => Identification => Topic started by: doganjo on June 18, 2013, 12:47:25 pm

Title: What's this?
Post by: doganjo on June 18, 2013, 12:47:25 pm

Was in a dumpy bag with rasp bushes, now in a separate container.  What is it, please? ???

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: spandit on June 18, 2013, 05:23:33 pm

Looks like goat willow to me

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: little blue on June 18, 2013, 08:15:58 pm

I thought willow,
the stuff gets everywhere!

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: doganjo on June 19, 2013, 03:47:59 pm

Nope not willow, got a lot of that.

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: spandit on June 19, 2013, 05:22:05 pm

Quote from: doganjo on June 19, 2013, 03:47:59 pm

Nope not willow, got a lot of that.

What, all 400 species? I'm stumped if it isn't

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: spandit on June 19, 2013, 05:28:27 pm

Does look awfully similar to this:

http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/sapcote/gallery,308822.html (http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/sapcote/gallery,308822.html)

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: SallyintNorth on June 20, 2013, 01:24:51 am

I love goat willow  :).  It is quite different from regular willow.  It'll tolerate drier conditions than regular willow, I think.

There are a few leaves on Annie's pic that I did think could be goat willow - but I wasn't sure.  I don't live near Westonbirt any more, or I could go and take some pics of a real beauty for you.

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: doganjo on June 20, 2013, 09:33:07 am

Quote from: spandit on June 19, 2013, 05:28:27 pm

Does look awfully similar to this:

http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/sapcote/gallery,308822.html (http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/sapcote/gallery,308822.html)

Oh sorry you're right, it could well be that  :excited:- I was thinking of the regular type of willow, as Sally mentioned.  Didn't realise there were 400 different types either. :-[

I'll need to find a big space for it then - or give it away on freegle

It's the only one in my garden and can't see any others around here - could it have self seeded from say a bird drop[ping? Got lots of pigeons here.

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: spandit on June 20, 2013, 07:45:11 pm

The seeds are airborne, I think - tiny and get everywhere. Give it away or guerrilla plant it somewhere - they're apparently not easy to propagate

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: doganjo on June 21, 2013, 12:05:28 am

Just found this - In Ireland it was thought that goat willow can protect against enchantment and that it is lucky to take a rod/twig on a journey.

Maybe I'll just leave it where it is  :innocent:

Title: Re: What's this?
Post by: SallyintNorth on June 21, 2013, 12:10:10 am

 :love: