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Goat or Pussy Willow is more an upright, deciduous shrub than tree. One of the commonest and most tolerant of our native trees. It is quite often a tough pioneer of inhospitable damp sites and thrives on poor soil. Early in spring the male flowers appear – the soft, silky, silver hairy buds which give rise to the name ‘Pussy Willow’. These turn into fluffy balls of pollen. Female flowers, on separate trees, are long green catkins that erupt into white fluff surrounding the seed in May or June. The leaf is very variable.
Salix caprea
Common Name: Goat or Pussy Willow
Native: Europe to N.E.Asia
Provenance: UK
Size and Spread (10yrs): 16m x 3m
Treatment: non dormant
Seeds/kg: 3,000,000/kg 750,000 germinal seeds/kg
Ideal Sowing: early summer
Soil Conditions: damp
Planting Instructions: sow in a seed tray and transplant the seedlings into plugs. Plant when big enough
Mature Height: 16m, although can be coppiced and pruned extensively.
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Hardiness | Very Hardy |
| Requires | moist |
| Life Cycle | shrub |
| Native | yes |
| Size | Seed pack (approx 600 seeds) |
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