As exhibited at The Chelsea Flower Show 2007, in Silver-gilt winning courtyard Garden ‘Moving On…’

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Willow Varieties available
Suitable for basketry, craft and willow sculpture

Species/Hybrid Hybrid Variety
Ht (m)
Di (mm)
 Colour (base>tip)
S. Alba vit. x frag. =x anguinea Flanders Red
2.3
11
 Green >orange> red
S. Alba vit. x frag. =x basfordiana Basfordiana
2.4
11
 Yellow>orange> red
S. Alba vit. x frag. =x basfordiana Basfordiana Farndon
2.5
10
 Yellow> red
S. purpurea   Dark Dicks
1.5
7
 Dark red
S. purpurea   Dicky Meadows
1.2
7
 Pale green/yellow
S. purpurea   Elegantissima
2.0
8
 Green/yellow
S. purpurea   Goldstones
1.7
9
 Golden green
S. purpurea   Helix
2.0
12
 Green/yellow
S. purpurea   Japonica
2.5
12
 Brown/green
S. purpurea   Uralensis
2.5
11
 Pale brown
S. triandra   Black German
2.4
13
 Grey/black
S. triandra   Black Hollander
2.3
14
 Green/brown
S. triandra   Black Maul
1.9
10
 Dark brown
S. triandra   Grisette Droda
2.1
10
 Green/brown
S. triandra   Grisette de Falaise
1.7
7
 Green/brown
S. triandra   Noir de Challons
1.6
13
 Brown
S. triandra x vim = moll. hipp Jeffries
2.5
12
 Fawn/brown
S. triandra x vim = moll.undul. Kottenheider Weide
2.8
16
 Green>brown
S. triandra x vim = moll. hipp Notts Spaniard
2.4
13
 Pale greenish brown
S. triandra x vim = moll. hipp Trustworthy
2.1
11
 Light brown
S. triandra x vim =moll.undul. Q83
2.6
13
 Pale Fawn/brown
S. purp. x vim. =x rubra Harrisons
2.4
12
 Orange/brown
S. amygdalina   Vitallina
2.5
10
 Mid green, wrinkled surface
S. viminalis   Brown rod
3.5
15
 Green/brown
S. viminalis   Bowles hybrid
3.5
13
 Light green
S. viminalis   Mullatin
3.5
14
 Green/brown
S. x viminalis   U.L.V.
3.5
14
 Mid brown, polished
S. eriocephala   Rouge de Orleans
2.0
7
 Brown/red
S. schwerinii   Tora
3.0
11
 Mid brown

Ornamental Willows

Species
Description
S. Aegma (BRNO)
Tall; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Alba Caerulea
Tall; interesting foliage; coloured bark
S. Alba Aurea
Tall; interesting foliage
S. Alba Sericea
Tall; interesting foliage
S. Alba Vitellina
Medium; interesting foliage; coloured bark
S. Appenina
Medium; interesting foliage; catkins
S. Brtitzensis
Medium; coloured bark
S. Burjatica ‘Korso’
Tall; interesting foliage
S. Cantabrica
Medium; interesting foliage; coloured bark
S. Chaenomeloides
Medium; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Discolor
Tall; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Eriocephala Russelliana
Medium; interesting foliage; coloured bark
S. Gracilistyla
Tall; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Hibernica
Medium; interesting foliage; coloured bark
S. Hookeriana
Tall; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Kinuiyanagi (Kishu)
Tall; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Lucida
Tall; interesting foliage
S. Matsudana Tortuosa
Tall; interesting foliage
S. Mackenziana
Tall; interesting foliage
S. Melanostachys
Medium; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Pentandra Patent Lumley
Medium; interesting foliage
S. Pentranda Scott
Medium; interesting foliage
S. Purpurea Helix
Medium; interesting foliage
S. Purpurea Eugenii
Medium; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Pyrifolia
Attractive catkins
S. Rhederiana
Medium; interesting foliage
S. Schraderiana
Medium; interesting foliage; attractive catkins
S. Viminalis Stone Osier
Tall; interesting foliage