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Regenerating a twisted willow
MrsJookes
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Hi all,
I have a small (6-7ft) twisted willow in my garden but thinking it was getting a bit too big I cut it back in approx. autumn 2015. Since then it seems to have died off a lot with only handful of green shoots this year. Is there a way I can prune it again in order to encourage more vigorous new growth?
Thanks for any advice!
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I would just make sure it has plenty of water ............. it's very hard to stop a willow from growing.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
mine ( Salix matsudana tortuosa , grown from a cutting ) grew rapidly to about 10m then took 2 years to die due to honey fungus.
Oh that's sad Hostafan - after such a huge amount of quick growth you would think your tree was strong and healthy and able to withstand attacks of honey fungus.
We also have a massive twisted willow in our garden - I bought it as not much more than a twig from Woollies many years ago - it grew quickly and is still standing majestically in the garden. The birds love it too.
It started off as a 6ft " cutting " which I sprayed gold , well, my kids did, and we covered it in fairy lights and use it as a christmas tree. When I went to chuck it out, it had rooted so I left it until there were decent roots and planted it in the garden.
It grew for about 10 years then the last year we were there, it didn't put on so many leaves. The year after we moved it was worse then the following year it was cut down.
Thanks everyone. OK - we'll try a bit more TLC this year in that case