What makes a Wonder Tree?

With willows it is the blend of beauty, diversity, adaptability, but above all usefulness whichmarksthem aside from many other temperate trees.

You can’t deny the tremendous virtues of oak and beech but when you plant these trees you are growing them for the future. With willow, you can watch a tree mature to full size within your own life time, or alternatively you can cut it down every year and it will produce new shoots that can be used as the raw material for any number of useful products and activities.

Winter stem collection 1
 

Willows are hard to beat for the diversity of winter stem colours on offer. These look great in a winter garden and when cut down will provide materials for many craft activities.

This collection provides a range of vibrant colours.

£15.00
Contorted stem collection

These willows look great in the garden but also add class to your flower arrangements or when decorating your house. 

This collection provides a range of the contortions that the genus Salix has to offer. 

£15.00
Winter stem collection 2

Willows are hard to beat for the diversity of winter stem colours on offer. These look great in a winter garden and when cut down will provide materials for many craft activities. This collection provides a range of vibrant colours.

£15.00
Willows for bees 2

Willow blossom proffers a great service during the spring months by providing an early source of nectar and pollen for foraging bees. Without this rich food source many bees would perish. This collection provides a range of willows that will keep your bees happy by producing a prolific show of catkins throughout the spring.

£15.00

Willow Fact

Peking willow Salix matsudana
Peking willow Salix matsudana In the 17th century willows were planted by the Chinese as a defence to stop invaders from Mongolia. This was known as the willow palisade and consisted of ditches and embankments.
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