Bare Root Basket Willow Bundle 60/90cm x 250
(Salix Viminalis)

Basket Willow is a deciduous plant with grey-brown coloured bark and smooth yellow-green twigs. The long, narrow leaves are about 20cm x 1cm, and have a covering of felt-like silver hairs underneath.

Basket Willow also produces green/yellow coloured fluffy catkins, which appear during Winter/Spring. Once these have then pollinated, the catkins turn into fruit capsules that split open and let go of lots of little seeds.

Make sure you plant your Willow bare root plant as soon as possible after being delivered, as the roots are tender and cannot be left to dry out.

These 60/90cm bare root Basket Willow plants are fast-growing, but will exceed 4m tall in good conditions.

Basket Willow grows well in most soils, like clay, loam, and sand, but will not tolerate those that are alkaline.̴Ì?

• Growth rate: Fast (40-60cm per year)
• Ideal height: 4-8m+ Tall
• Soil type: Clay, loam, sand̴Ì?
• Exposure: Exposed, sheltered
• Aspect: Full sun
• Evergreen foliage? No

As soon as you receive your bare root plant, place it into a bucket of water for at least 2 hours. The roots must be wet when planted.̴Ì?

Prune your Basket Willow hedging near the end of Winter or beginning of Spring. All you will need to do is remove any diseased, dead, damaged, crossing, or congested shoots- those that are growing out of the desired shape can also be pruned out. You will not need to carry out a pruning routine.̴Ì?

We do recommend adding some mulch and feed, however, after pruning. This will maintain overall health.