Hybrid Willow Tree
Hybrid willows are very hardy very disease resistant and can withstand extreme weather conditions.
Hybrid willow tree. The willow hybrid is a tree that can grow up to six feet in a single year. Lastly prune your willow hybrid in the early spring. Even though it has willow in its name there is no comparison to the classic weeping willow tree. Choose a planting site that receives at least four hours of direct unfiltered sunlight per day.
Bigfoot willow hybrids have been the quickest growing tree option for fast growing windbreaks and privacy hedges. Guest article by patti moreno planting trees is such an important part of being environmentally conscious. With so much of our planet s tree canopy gone especially in the last 30 years it s. Pushing about 12 feet per year.
That means you can have a meaningful privacy barrier in place in less than two years for a fraction of the cost of a wooden fence. The willow tree hedge pictured here shows what happened in only 3 years after planting. These are the fastest growing trees we know of for shade privacy wind protection and soil conservation. This fast growing willow hybrid is excellent as part of a windbreak.
The photo at the top of this page shows a row of hybrid willows planted six feet apart after 50 months of growth. Hybrid willow tree update. With hybrid willow trees now you have an option of. May 2016 to june 2018.
The best time to plant willow hybrid trees are spring and fall. Average height is 35 and width is 15 20. In central canada the results were 7 feet to 12 feet. Make your cuts at 45 degree angles facing upwards to promote new growth.
They survived in most areas of canada even in arctic. Hybrid willow trees have vigorous growth. You will receive 24 austree hybrid willow trees salix matsudana x alba hybrid willows are the fastest growing tree in the world to the best of my knowledge. This option is a cross between the.
Hardy down to the cold of zone 3 up to zone 10. Grow up to 1 3 faster than our hybrid poplars. Small one foot cuttings planted at a university reached from 14 20 feet the first year. These trees are over 15 foot tall at the time of the picture.
And you can give your willow hybrid trees an extra boost with fertilizer in the early spring and early summer with a well balanced fertilizer like formula 10 10 10. In maryland 1 foot cuttings were planted in the spring and by fall they were a minimum of 14 feet and a maximum of 20 feet. We recommend following these steps. These tree can put on incredible growth rates even in the year they are planted.
They reach a mature height around 30 40 feet tall in less than 5 years. Willow hybrid trees can also be grown as fast growing shade trees. We sell this hybrid willow all over the usa and it grows well in all climates. Treeless lots can be quickly screened when planting bigfoot willow trees with their fast growth.
From 6 to 40 feet 2 1 2 years.