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     Varieties below are arranged into species groups, eg. caprea, viminalis etc.  Browse the varieties and choose those that best suit your needs.  Make a note of the individual variety codes provided for each variety you wish to order then proceed to browse the remaining variety category links above, or move straight on to the ORDER FORM page.

 

 

VARIETY/COMMON

NAME

 

 

CODE

 

LATIN NAME

 

DESCRIPTION / annual coppice length

 

AVAILABILITY

 

Goat willow x violet willow hybrid

 

18-28

 

Salix caprea x Salix daphnoides = S hungarica

 

 

Deep purple straight unbranched stems, 1.90m. Large downy buds in winter

 

In stock

 

Candida/ Mountain Mist

 

48

 

Salix candida

 

Downy silver/white stems with large red bulbous buds. 1.6m Thick, tapered stems

 

 

In stock

 

Daphnoides/ Purple willow

 

 

7

 

S. daphnoides

 

Deep rich purple stems, light branching, 1.8m

 

In stock

 

White Welsh Willow/ Crack Willow

 

 

29-82

 

Salix fragilis var. decipens

 

Short, 1.0m white stems, unbranched with black elongate buds

 

In stock

 

Himalayas

 

34-93

 

Salix himalayas

 

Apple green to deep purple stems, 1.7m. Some branching with red buds.

 

 

In stock

 

Nigricans/ Dark leaved willow

 

 

4-23

 

Salix myrsinifolia

 

 

Black long slender stems 1.7m, downy tips, some branching.

 

In stock

 

Nigricans Prunifolia/ Dark leaved willow

 

 

31-85

 

Salix myrsinifolia

 

Rich earth coloured coarse stems with green buds, 1.9m

 

In stock

 

Sekka/

Dragon Willow

 

5-24

 

Salix sachalinensis

 

Rich brown faciated (bundled and fused) branched stems, 1.30m

 

 

In stock

 

Stichensis

 

40

 

Salix stichensis

 

Green stems with red tips, coarse and branched with small red buds, 1.80m

 

 

In stock

 

Viminalis (pure) /Osier

 

11-83

 

Salix viminalis

 

Larger uniform olive/brown

Stems with no branching

 

 

In stock

 

Contorted willow

 

2-26

 

 

Wavy brown uniform stems with little branching, 1.30m

 

 

In stock

 

De biardi

 

32-90

 

 

Deep dark brown stems with little side branching, 1.80m.

 

 

In stock

 

Melanostachys

 

6-71-118

 

S.melanostachys

 

0.69m

Mainly red with black towards the end with black catkins

 

 

In stock

 

Readers Red

 

37-113

 

Salix viminalis

 

Nice straight rods, 10- 11 feet / 3.3 - 3.6 m tall.

 

 

In stock

 

Continental purple

 

 

38-77

 

Salix daphnoides

 

Red during Summer turning deep purple in the winter. 1.36m

 

 

In stock

 

 

50-119

 

Salix neotricha

 

Olive green to orange waxy bark height average 1.95m

 

 

In stock

 

Balsam willow

 

51-102

 

Salix pyrifolia

 

An appealing variety with an curious leaf shape. Averge height 1.72m

 

 

In stock

 

Cardinalis

 

52-88

 

Chermesina Cardinalis

 

Excellent winter colour and variety to any corner of your garden average height 1.3m

 

 

In stock

 

 

67

 

Salix bicolor

 

Greenish yellow in colour average height 0.79m

 

 

In stock

 

Norfolk

 

 

68-91

 

 

Grows well and to an average of 2m

 

 

In stock

 

Doris

 

 

69-121