Need to buy some willows

[Native Hunter]

I need to plant a few willows (or possibly something else) in a wet spot to block the view from another property. Can anyone recommend a good variety and place to buy them? Something that gets 10 feet tall would be ideal. I would rather not have something that gets extremely tall, but might change my mind if you have a good recommendation.

Has anyone planted any of these? >>>>> https://www.coldstreamfarm.net/product/sandbar-willow-salix-interior/

 

[Bill]

I don't have those. But when I get to the farm I can cut you some Dappled Willow cuttings. Salix Integra
Might be to pink in the spring for Kentucky. I wouldn't want anyone talking about you

 

[buckdeer1]

bigrock has cuttings or like mentioned just cut your own and stick in the ground

 

[BenAllgood]

Would tulip poplars topped to produce lots of shoots accomplish the same thing? Or maybe redbuds?

 

[Native Hunter]

Would tulip poplars topped to produce lots of shoots accomplish the same thing? Or maybe redbuds?

It’s too wet there for them. But tag alder would probably work.

 

[PrairieShadow]

I need to plant a few willows (or possibly something else) in a wet spot to block the view from another property. Can anyone recommend a good variety and place to buy them? Something that gets 10 feet tall would be ideal. I would rather not have something that gets extremely tall, but might change my mind if you have a good recommendation.

Has anyone planted any of these? >>>>> https://www.coldstreamfarm.net/product/sandbar-willow-salix-interior/

Sandbar willows create excellent screening. Everything from pheasants to coyotes to deer enjoy the heck out of mine. I think you're on the right track.

 

[Mozark]

I got sandbar cuttings through MDC last spring. Shoved them in beside a small wet weather spring and threw a cage on them. Not a lot of growth but they have all survived.

 

[Mozark]

Looks like MDC (Mo) still has them available

 

[PrairieShadow]

Looks like MDC (Mo) still has them available

MDC?

 

[4wanderingeyes]

MDC Tree Seedling

 

[BenAllgood]

I've heard spicebush can stand wet feet pretty well, and I've got a ton of it. You're more than welcome to get as much as you want from my place.

 

[Native Hunter]

I've heard spicebush can stand wet feet pretty well, and I've got a ton of it. You're more than welcome to get as much as you want from my place.

Thanks Ben. I may get with you later about that. I could trade you some of those arrowwood viburnums from my place.

 

[OakSeeds]

Hybrid willows work well ... see bigrocktrees.com http://www.bigrocktrees.com/Screens_c_32.html

 

[PrairieShadow]

MDC Tree Seedling

Awesome. Looks to be a great resource. My local Conservation district wants 2.25 per willow for 12" trees.

 

[BenAllgood]

@Native Hunter I remembered about this thread, and thought I'd update it. I found some that are extremely easy to grow and are a really great native species. I planted some black willows that rooted without any help and very poor cutting technique with almost 100% survival. My technique was tearing a pinky size branch of about 24 inches long and sticking about 6-8 inches of it in the mud. Black Willow (Salix nigra) loves damp areas.

 

[Native Hunter]

@Native Hunter I remembered about this thread, and thought I'd update it. I found some that are extremely easy to grow and are a really great native species. I planted some black willows that rooted without any help and very poor cutting technique with almost 100% survival. My technique was tearing a pinky size branch of about 24 inches long and sticking about 6-8 inches of it in the mud. Black Willow (Salix nigra) loves damp areas.

Thank you Ben.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Ordered some hybrid willows from coldstream farm this spring along with my viburnum order. I have what I think are sandbar willows growing naturally in the same area i'm going to plant this stuff but they are slow growing and would take a long time to screen at this rate. Hopefully the hybrids do a little better. Rooted cuttings from coldstream are quite a bit cheaper than non-rooted cuttings from big rock.

 

[Bill]

Ordered some hybrid willows from coldstream farm this spring along with my viburnum order. I have what I think are sandbar willows growing naturally in the same area i'm going to plant this stuff but they are slow growing and would take a long time to screen at this rate. Hopefully the hybrids do a little better. Rooted cuttings from coldstream are quite a bit cheaper than non-rooted cuttings from big rock.

Hybrids grow fast. Plant them and cage them this year. Cut them off just above ground level next year and you'll get multiple trucks for a screen. The only draw back is hybrids loose their leafs early. same issue with hybrid poplars. but they have a use.

 

[H20fwler]

I've got a spot that stays pretty wet at least half the year, ROD does OK but not awesome for me, the deer like it. I bought some willow cuttings from John-W-Wis on here about four or five years ago that do GREAT in the wet areas and deer eat them up too. At first, I thought they were silky, but I think they are hybrid willow, so far they have only gotten about 3' because the deer keep browsing them down. They are about 100% success planting from cutting in spring too. I've planted hundreds from the original plantings.