Willows are fast-growing trees, so you can expect to see fresh shoots on your cuttings within a couple of week of planting them. Most cutting will reach a few feet tall in their first year. In two to ...

Willow trees and willow bushes are among the easiest plants to propagate. Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) and corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana var. Tortuosa) have distinctive foliage, with the ...

Willow trees and shrubs contain high levels of plant hormones that stimulate rooting. So, you can soak stem cuttings in willow water before you pot them up. I have a curly willow in a large pot on ...

Growing up to about 15 feet high, pussy willow can be allowed to grow into a hefty multi-trunk shrub, or pruned into a small tree. The leaves are shiny green during summer, and turn yellow in fall.

It is easy to propagate as the curly willow. Simply cut a woody stem and root it. Cuttings from younger trees will, in general, root more readily than ones from older trees.

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Propagate your willow. Willow trees and willow bushes are among the easiest plants to propagate. Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) and corkscrew ...