Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa) has a number of salix varieties available for cuttings.
Go to...
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/site_holding.pl?NC7
and scroll down the screen to the various species of Salix. The links at each species will take you to lists of our specific accessions. About a dozen of them have twig images that can be viewed on the GRIN database by going to
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/dno_eval_acc.pl?211068+492815+14.
Special thanks to Mark P. Widrlechner, USDA-ARS Horticulturist, Iowa State University.
If interested in any of the Salix varieties contact Mark: email: Mark.Widrlechner@ARS.USDA.GOV
visit ISU Station's homepage at:
Wow -- some varieties I've never heard of. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I didn't know any land grant universities were maintaining and distributing Salix varieties. The S. triandra variety 'Brilliant' caught my attention. It's listed as a fairly tall and slender variety in the 'Cultivation and Uses of Basket Willows' pamphlet produced by the BA and Long Ashton.(It has a nice appendix of varieties.) Anyone grow it?
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. Good stuff.
Steve