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salix-hakuru-nishiki---how-to-propagate
happycottontail
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I have this pretty little willow tree. It's about 5' high and has some leafy stems growing from near the base. I wondered if these could be used for propagation, and if so, how? How fast a grower is it? I've only had mine four months.
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Is it grafted? If it is you may get what it's been grafted onto.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ha ha nut! Yes it is - hadn't thought of that!
Is it one of the lollipop-type standards? If so it will have been grafted so shoots coming from the base will be suckers and should be removed.
But most salix root easily in damp soil - if you want to propagate the pretty growth then a few twigs stuck into the ground in a quiet corner of the garden will be likely to root. Remember where they are!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes Dove, it is. Will remove suckers forthwith. Do you know how long any cuttings take to grow, and would they need to be grafted to something else to get the lollipop shape?
I presume that they're grafted onto a salix that will give a quickly growing sturdy straight stem for the standard.
On it's own roots Salix integra hakuru nishiki grows as a dwarf bush.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I prefer them like that Verdun - not overkeen on them as a standard myself.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Will I get thrown out if I say I don't like these short of chlorophyll, sick looking mutants?
In the sticks near Peterborough
No nut, your advice is too valuable for that