#205556 - 04/30/08 07:57 AM
Weeping Willow Question
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GardeningInept
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Registered: 04/30/08
Posts: 1
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Hello!
I'm new here. Found the site searching for Willow information. I live in Manitoba, Zone 2b so the map I was looking at says.
I took some willow branches from BC and plunked them in the ground last fall.
Are they going to take? Can I even grow them here?
Thanks,
Linnea
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#205558 - 04/30/08 08:10 AM
Re: Weeping Willow Question
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afgreyparrot
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Registered: 03/01/04
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Loc: Cedar Hill
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I'm not familiar with your area, but I have plunked many weeping willow branches in the ground (in Kentucky) and they have grown into beautiful huge trees in no time. Most of the time I dipped the end in rooting hormone, but it didn't really seem to make a difference since a weeping willow has some kind of natural rooting hormone in it already. Very easy to grow.
Good luck.
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#205576 - 04/30/08 10:21 AM
Re: Weeping Willow Question
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suzydaze
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Registered: 08/03/04
Posts: 2983
Loc: Arkansas
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that's how I started both mine but I'm in zone 7
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#206019 - 05/01/08 10:40 PM
Re: Weeping Willow Question
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Newt
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Registered: 09/11/02
Posts: 272
Loc: Maryland zone 7
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Hi Linnea,
Salix babylonica is hardy to zone 2, so it should live for you. Willows usually root easily in moist soil, but in your zone the cuttings may not have had time to root. You may just have to wait and see if they rooted.
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/SALSPPA.pdf
The root system of these trees will get huge and extend way beyond the drip line of the mature crown, so be sure to plant at least 100 feet from a building, sidewalk or driveway. They also drop alot of litter, so that's a consideration as well.
Newt
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