weeping pussy willow tree.....help
mad_about_mickey
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Wanted: Weeping Pussy Willow Cuttings for postage
Comments (1)Hi june_2007, Welcome to The Plant Exchange. Possibly you could find someone to trade some cuttings with you, if you could either list in your post, or better yet, on your Member Trade page, some things you have available for trade. hth. chemocurl...See MoreGrowing Weeping Pussy Willows from Seeds Help!
Comments (4)Annie, PFAF database: Salix caprea pendula Seed - must be surface sown (not covered and at approx. 70F) as soon as it is ripe in late spring. It has a very short viability, perhaps as little as a few days. Typically grown from grafted cuttings. If you have seeds now, they are likely several months old....See MoreWeeping Pussy Willow in Zone 8b
Comments (2)Take the hose, turn it on to a small amount of water coming out, and drop it at the bottom of the small tree for a couple hours a couple times a week. ==>>> generally a good idea for a new transplant.. BUT... it would depend on their soil type and drainage ... i would suggest you INSERT FINGER... and water deeply [which that suggestions is] .. when the first 2 to 3 inches of soil is dry or hot ... under the mulch ... hot and damp .. usually means dry the next day ... you water.. when a plant needs water.. NO ONE.. can give you a schedule for your location.. in your soil ... and your ambient weather ... but again.. the to the above suggestion is DEEP WATERING ... not just a little spray on the leaves ... and that is imperative ... and mulch PROPERLY.. and deeply.. to moderation day heat on the soil.. and evaporation ... 2 to 4 inches.. depending on the mulch particle size .... all that said.. once you get it 'established'.. and past the transplant phase ... you will be hard pressed to kill a pussy willow ... if you have heavy clay soil.. let us know.. we might have tricks for proper planting ... [and if you already planted it.. its not to late to redo it.. if necessary] ken...See Morepruning a weeping pussy willow
Comments (5)I would wait until all the catkins have opened and gone, even if it has started to grow leaves. If it's like the ones that were for sale here, they are grafted to be pretty short "trees", between 18" and 36" tall. Because the grafted top is probably very vigorous, you can cut all the stems back to 2" from where they begin to grow from the thickened area of the trunk, and they will be as long or longer than they were, when you bought the tree, by the end of summer. Keep the pot well watered but not soggy and in bright light, not too warm, and it should do fine. This CAN go in the ground in the spring - I would still keep it inside, in a cool, brightly lit spot, until the danger of late frosts was over - and then gradually acclimate it to the temperatures and sun of outdoors, putting it out a hour or so longer each day, over about a week. If you work, and can't do that, then put it out in a shady spot, and gradually move it more into the sun over a week. You can then plant it - and the pussies will be back in the spring, if not as soon as when you bought it. Keeping it as an indoor plant over the summer and trying for early pussies probably won't work - it was "forced"/grown in a green-house with careful attention to light levels and temperature, which is very difficult to duplicate in your house....See Morebuglichen_yahoo_com
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