Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Weeping Willow seed, 1 by shortleaf

shortleaf wrote:
Yeah, I'd think buying Weeping Willow seed would be a gamble.
I read in Dirr's Woody Propagation book that no Willow seeds have dormancy, and must be planted within 12 to 24 hours of collecting, and collecting has to be done at the right time. The book calls it Salix X babylonica, a hybrid. If by chance you did get it to grow, it might not be a Weeping Willow, from seed. Send me an SASE and I'll send you a cutting or cuttings if you like. I read that the best time to get cuttings from Willows are after leaf drop and before leafing out, so I think Nov. to March, but I really don't think it matters, I believe I grew mine in Summer. Here is the parent tree that mine is from, I think I got the cuttings initially, at the same time. That tree is no longer there in the park by the lake. Maybe it succumbed to Father Time, it was looking a bit haggard back then, it looked like it was dying from the top down maybe.
Will
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This message was edited Mar 29, 2007 7:55 PM