{"id":7328,"date":"2010-05-13T01:09:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T08:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2011-10-17T05:25:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T12:25:38","slug":"uses-of-willow-in-the-garden-living-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/uses-of-willow-in-the-garden-living-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Uses of Willow in the Garden &#038; Living   Sculptures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Willow boat at Harlow Carr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4602390862\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4063\/4602390862_2d00a466ca.jpg\" alt=\"Willow boat\" width=\"500\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interest in Willow has revived over the last few years and there are many garden uses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decorative Uses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Royal Horticultural Gardens at Harlow Carr have several living willow sculptures. The fine boat shown above is an example that entertains the kids who visit. A bit big for my garden.<\/li>\n<li> Narrow Willow hedges can be used to separate &#8216;garden rooms&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li> Tunnel type structure made of sticks of living willow can create a unique feature.<\/li>\n<li> Children will enjoy making and playing in wigwams, domes and tunnels.<\/li>\n<li> More advanced projects, suitable for adults, include fences, chairs and arbours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0955253209\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0955253209.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0955253209\/richardpettin-21\">DVD Making Living Willow Sculptures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Practical Uses of Willow<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Willow weaving can make Trugs or baskets for use in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>A natural hedge from woven willow suits some sites, if used as a wind break it is called a &#8216;fedge&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Willow can now be grown for green bio-mass fuel.<\/li>\n<li>Traditionally Willow is used for cricket bats, charcoal, furniture and medicine.<\/li>\n<li>The bark contains growth hormones and can  be used to make a simple extract that will promote rooting and cutting growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Varieties and Uses of Willow<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Salix Viminalis Gigantea   Very fast growing &#8211; long and straight.<\/li>\n<li> Good for large structures, windbreaks, hurdle uprights etc.<\/li>\n<li> Salix Triandra Viminalis Very fast growing &#8211; long and straight.<\/li>\n<li> Good for Large structures, Windbreaks, hurdles<\/li>\n<li> Salix Dasyclados   Very vigorous slightly shorter but thicker than Viminalis.<\/li>\n<li> Suitable for structures, windbreaks, fuel production.<\/li>\n<li> Salix Tora   or Jorr Very vigorous growth &#8211; Swedish, Suitable for structures, windbreaks and fuel production.<\/li>\n<li> Salix alba Vitelina   Ornamental golden willow, Suitable for hedging, windbreaks and basketry.<\/li>\n<li> Salix Triandra Black Maul   Warm chestnut brown colour Suitable for hurdles, basketry and weaving in to structures for colour.<\/li>\n<li> Salix Triandra Q83   Super Willow- (hybrid of viminalis and triandra) has the vigorous growth of viminalis with the weaving qualities of triandra. Attractive medium brown stems, catkins.Suitable for hurdles, basketry and weaving into living structures.<\/li>\n<li> Salix Purpurea Leentges,   Nicholsonii Purpurescens   or Helix Suitable for basketry and hedging.<\/li>\n<li> Salix Purpurea Abbeys or   Dicky Meadows,   Suitable for basketry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>List of varieties from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willowwithies.co.uk\/uses_of_willow\/\">Willow Withies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interest in Willow has revived over the last few years and there are many garden uses. Decorative Uses Royal Horticultural Gardens at Harlow Carr have several living willow sculptures. The fine boat shown above is an example that entertains the kids who visit. A bit big for my garden. Narrow Willow hedges can be used to separate &#8216;garden rooms&#8217;. Tunnel type structure made of sticks of living willow can create a unique feature. Children will enjoy making and playing in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/uses-of-willow-in-the-garden-living-sculptures\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}