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the Common willow is a robust, hardy wood that grows or grows wild in our latitudes as a large shrub or small tree. is cultivated in parks and large gardens. In spring, the Salweide is the first to be a herald of spring with its distinctive features Kitten flowers great popularity with bees and humans.

Salix caprea is characterized by strong growth of up to 100 cm a year. However, it is an extremely pruning-compatible plant, so that the vigor thanks to the targeted annual Care cut can be kept within limits. The cut branches can be used for propagation, for example to create new ones Hedge plants to pull.

Lumber growth step by step

This type of propagation results in exclusively female plants. The following points are important:

• use several annual branches for propagation due to unreliable roots,
• Cut cuttings (twig ends) at the end of February, before the leaves sprout,
• The location should be partially shaded and protected from the wind,
• Put cuttings up to a third of the branch length into the loose, humus-rich soil,
• Press the earth well and water it,
• Keep the substrate evenly moist, do not let it dry out!

Once the cuttings have developed roots, they are put in their final location with balls of earth at the end of September or next spring. Depending on the purpose of propagation, the cutting is allowed to grow into a small or large willow bush or tree through the training cut.

Finishing

The male willow varieties (Salix caprea mas) that are commercially available are the grafted plants. In this propagation process, individual shoots or buds of one type of wood are placed on the so-called base of the other type of wood. This is done by inoculating or grafting and requires horticultural experience.