Most online places seem to suggest it gets to 1.5x1.5m which is easily manageable but I did read 3x3m in 20 years which I think is perhaps more realistic due to shops always seemingly understating the size of plants.
I double check everything on the rhs website now, got bitten a couple of times with trees where the seller website says 4x4 but rhs says 8x8!!
I was looking at these in T*sco for £15 and was very tempted. They're so pretty. Then I thought, wouldn't they be rather dull for about 50 weeks of the year? Jury's out, for now.
I was looking at these in T*sco for £15 and was very tempted. They're so pretty. Then I thought, wouldn't they be rather dull for about 50 weeks of the year? Jury's out, for now.
I had the same thought. Then I kept going back to it.
They were £15 in the GC I was in yesterday too. About 80cm tall (from top of pot).
I was looking at these in T*sco for £15 and was very tempted. They're so pretty. Then I thought, wouldn't they be rather dull for about 50 weeks of the year? Jury's out, for now.
I had the same thought. Then I kept going back to it.
They were £15 in the GC I was in yesterday too. About 80cm tall (from top of pot).
To be honest, for that price I would have struggled onto the bus with one, but.......just not sure it would pay for it's keep, year round. Even with nice blue-y foliage.
What's 80cm? I'm still in pounds and ounces, here.....the ones T*sco had were about 5' tall, give or take 6".
Just under 3 feet so Tesco win on size.
I’m gonna go for it. It’s my birthday soon so it can be my present to myself.
The older I get the more I seem to appreciate a bit of a winter show, so a few weeks a year when it's otherwise gloomy doesn't seem such a bad exchange for just a green backdrop all summer.
To be honest, for that price I would have struggled onto the bus with one, but.......just not sure it would pay for it's keep, year round. Even with nice blue-y foliage.
What's 80cm? I'm still in pounds and ounces, here.....the ones T*sco had were about 5' tall, give or take 6".
I bought the Tesco one the other day and got home on the bus with it just fine. Mine is about 4'5 tall in a 3l pot. I only went to shop for food, but saw this and had to buy it. Bought a stick-thing from J.Parkers a couple of years back that never did anything for me, so this is the first time I've seen this variety.
As it's a standard, I'm not sure where to place it in the overcrowded small garden I have. I know it'll do far better in the ground than in a pot, but I'm torn whether to do just that. Up thread, someone said the roots wouldn't be spread to close to the house. My flower bed is only 4' away from a wall. Will this be not such a good idea to plant it in the ground after all? Are the roots of salix reach deep down and spread out fast?
I got one. From a local GC. I’ve just potted it into a bigger pot and put it near the front door where I can watch it….very closely. I now imagine that its roots will shoot out of the pot in search of my foundations and drains! 😂
But seriously, I’ll see how it copes in a pot in the south facing spot. I may put it in the back garden at some point….
Glad I bought it. I find the catkins very pleasing.
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As it's a standard, I'm not sure where to place it in the overcrowded small garden I have. I know it'll do far better in the ground than in a pot, but I'm torn whether to do just that. Up thread, someone said the roots wouldn't be spread to close to the house. My flower bed is only 4' away from a wall. Will this be not such a good idea to plant it in the ground after all? Are the roots of salix reach deep down and spread out fast?
Thanks in advance.
But seriously, I’ll see how it copes in a pot in the south facing spot. I may put it in the back garden at some point….
Glad I bought it. I find the catkins very pleasing.