Salix integra hakura nishiki

This willow which would not root for me finally did following advice of a 
Perennial List clever person in Oregon.  I put cuttings in a cold frame in the 
fall. Thence came the terrible winter of 2002/2003 and I thought them deadwood.

It has taken longer than other winter stored cuttings but six of about a 
dozen cuttings have struck.  There are other willows in this group, some new leaf 
shadings and I would suppose they may also be difficult so this is the answer. 
 Fall cuttings overwintered, under soil here, and then some luck.

I have one quite out of hand, reaching for the oaks I think.  Has anyone 
allowed hakura nishiki to just grow unpruned?  It is commonly thought that left 
unpruned that the tri-color new growth would decline. Well, it doesn't. A second 
plant is severely pruned every summer and it is quite nice also.  Just how 
high will this willow grow?  If placed in a shrub type location one may have to 
take a saw to it and level it to the ground now and then.

I am thinking there are many new shrubs to try and I am collecting some new 
suppliers.  Any favorites in the north amongst northern growers.   All of that 
pruning leaves all of those cuttings.  One can hardly resist putting a few 
into a frame and giving them a try.  The curse of a mad gardener, making more 
plants.

Here is a link for another mad gardener (a nursery)    <      <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/05/garden/05NATU.html?ex=1055829451&ei=1&en=7954ce2ab528f137";>Click here: A 
Garden of Twisted Trees and Giant Dwarfs</A>   > 
If this does not work, it may be because it is a NYTimes article and they are 
funny about links.

Claire Peplowski
NYS zone 4 raining again. May rain 25 days out of 31.

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