Apr 1, 2020
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 1 April 2020
The production stock beds for Salix alba 'Caerulea' (cricket-bat willow) have been harvested near where I live in Essex, UK. The willow sets (unrooted standards which are long cut stems) are normally grown from stools these are allowed to grow and are cropped every fourth year. Young trees from this type of production grow on the banks of my local river and form avenues on farm land.
Jill Raggett