Willow Cuttings for Sale
Willow will grow readily from stem cuttings (also know as Willow Sticks)making propagation very straightforward.
Live willow cuttings (also referred to as willow sticks or willow wands) are available from 1st November to the end of March. They are 25cm long and vary in thickness depending on the variety chosen. See our Willow Varieties section for list of the varieties offered along with a brief description.
We offer cuttings in single, or bundles of 10, 100, or 1000 for all of the varieties we grow. Orders can be placed all year, however delivery for orders placed out of season will not be until early November.
To purchase Willow cuttings, please visit our
Online Shop for pricing & ordering. We offer willow cuttings for sale from end of October through to the end of the planting season in the spring.
Coppicing and Planting Willow Cuttings
The key to successfully growing willow from cuttings is dealing with weeds. The easiest method being use of membrane to plant the cuttings through, see our Planting & Maintenance page for more information. However even without soil preparation or membrane of any sort, willow cuttings will still usually grow very successfully though not quite as vigorously.
Some willow varieties are hardy and fast growing and can grow over 2m from cuttings even in the first season, given the right conditions.
Willow Kits
The best variety cutting to grow for producing rods for making willow structures is Salix Viminalis. It produces long straight rods ideal for this. Each cutting will produce 2-3 rods in the first season and 5-10 in subsequent seasons.
Ornamental Varieties
We offer a number of different varieties, some ideal for growing for fuel (logs or wood chip), some for basketry weaving, some for producing rods to make living willow structures, some for river bank stabilisation, some however have very attractive colour to new growth and attractive leaves and make excellent garden features and hedges.
Hybrid Willow for Fuel
We offer an excellent 'Super Willow' Hybrid which is extremely fast growing, ideal for heavy screening or for growing for woodchip or fire logs. For woodchip it is best to plant 25cm cuttings, for logs is is best to plant 2.5m rods. The rods give single trunk trees suitable for cutting for logs in as little as 4-5 years. The cuttings produce multiple smaller shoots which will thicken more slowly.
Willow Varieties
We offer selections of cuttings in bundles, either 1 or 10 of each variety. These give you opportunity to try a range of very different willow varieties. The photo shows 10 each of 17 selected varieties.