Would anyone have a small cutting of Harry Lauders walking stick you could share for postage ? Or I have regular curly willow cutting I could trade.Thanks for any help,Jan
CLOSED: Wanted-Harry Lauders walking stick willow
I can send you a cutting, postage will cost you $7.00.
Ann
Ann,
Can I do the same, always wanted that Henry Lauder's walking stick too.
Thanks,
Suzanne
Thank you! Sending you d-mail.
I hope you don't mind me hijacking a little to ask a few questions about your willows.
Is corkscrew willow the same as curly willow? I have read that willows grow pretty fast compared to most trees, is that true for the curly and the Harry Lauders walking stick?
My daughter keeps asking me to plant a tree & I have always wanted a corkscrew willow. We have winter for half the year here we might as well have something interesting to look at when the leaves are gone.
dcart, yes, curly and corkscrew are the same thing, harry is a shrub, however culry willow will grow into a massive tree. In 1978 I sent my Dad a 12 inch cutting from California (I'm a florist) he planted it, and, it now is over 40 feet tall and it would take two people to reach around it. it is one beautiful tree with multi-branches. According the the plant guides Curly willow won't grow here in Southern Michigan,wrong......... nothing seems to stop this tree, plus the Hummers nest in it every year, at least 6 or 7 nests.
each year.
And I sell cut branches to the local florist here.
Very easy to grow, stick in water, roots form in a couple months, them plant where you want it to grow, remembering it is a willow and will seek water, so keep away from and sewer or septic.
Ann
In the interest of accuracy, Harry Lauder's walking stick is not a willow, but a hazelnut. Because of this, I cannot tell from the posts whether you have a willow or a hazelnut. Can you clarify for us?
Annabelle, thank you so much for the information. I'm so glad I asked because where I would want to plant it is at the end of my leach-bed, and if it gets that big probably to close to the septic system.
d, at the end of the leach bead would create a huge problem. In a couple years you would have to replace the bed as the roots will have grown into the bed and plugged it up. any willow or popular will do the same thing.
It's not a willow.