[member=4333]Fleecewife[/member] what willow varieties do you have ? I could do a few baby oaks in exchange.
Hi Arobwk, I have a selection of willow but as I lost all the labels I can't name the ones I have . My dad collected them from all over, so some are probably ornamental. Some are tall growers, maybe about 60' so far, with a progression of catkin times for the bees, some are smaller and grow less fast and a couple have an almost weeping form, but are not actual weeping willows. There is one with dark red stems and an upright habit which I keep pollarded. I'm happy to send you some cuttings of as many as I can reach, but I am getting some oaks from Steph Hen which will be all I need, thanks. (We have stuffed just about every spare space we have with trees so soon the sheep will be squeezed right out!) The oaks do need to be Sessile for up here, and from Cornwall oaks are highly likely to be pedunculate I would think. Shame, it would have been lovely to have a tree from my Grandad's birthplace
I did have two types of alpine willow but they died
pm me with your address and I'll take some cuttings for you if you let me know which ones you would like.