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Cheryl_IL (Zone 5b) Feb 14, 2002

Someone in my office got a 2-3ft "stick" full of soft & fuzzy "caterpillars" in a floral arrangement and passed it on to me. We think it's some type of pussy willow (the wood is kinda of "flat" and the top fans out into separate directions).

It's been in water for 2-3 weeks, and has grown roots and several new green shoots. Does anyone know these details?

Will it grow indoors or does it need to be outside (zone 5).

Can I leave this in water or must it eventually be planted in dirt?

Can I trim the top or will that stunt its growth?

How can I collect seeds from it?

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ozarksue Mansfield, MO(Zone 6a) Feb 15, 2002

Sounds like a pussy willow. They will grow just by sticking them in dirt. Have to grow where it is wet though. They make little windbreaks up in wisconsin, growing in wet ditches.

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Mar 20, 2002

We have pussy willows here, many of them.. I can already see some pussies in them. We call them pajunkissa, willow's cat. :)

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philomel Castelnau RB Pyrenée, France(Zone 8a) Mar 20, 2002

It sounds as if it's a stem of willow that has become 'fasciated'. This is where the stem has a hiccup when growing and the side shoots don't separate off properly so that the whole thing grows forward stuck together.
http://davesgarden.com/showthread/207944.html

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IRIS Greenville, SC(Zone 7a) Mar 21, 2002

I believe what you have is a fan-tail pussywillow, I got a few myself a little while back and mine has roots and are growing shoots also ~ I'm planning on putting mine outside in the dirt by the stream as soon as the weather warms up a bit and hoping that they the roots will take and they will grow there

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