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Japanese Fantail Willow

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Salix sachalinensis ‘Sekka’
Reddish golden skin.

10-15' x same or wider. Male clone, Japan, before 1700.

Fantastic wide dense spreading disheveled shrub with beautiful branches full of oblong catkins. When the plant is left to mature it will start to form some highly ornamental fasciated (“fantail”) stems. Harvest the long reddish-golden stems in winter for dry arrangements that will last for years.

Yellow catkins in the spring make good pollinator forage. Glossy green summer foliage turns yellow in fall.

Makes a great fast growing hedge or low windbreak. Trim it back any time of year. Highly adaptable; you can grow it anywhere. Prefers full sun. The only deer resistant pussy willow! Native to Japan. Maine grown at Dandy Ram Farm. Z4.

(12" cuttings)

Maine Grown. NEW!

ships in spring

Quick Details

Maine Grown: Yes
Skin Color: reddish golden
Hardy to Zone: 4

Compare

Compare with other Willows
Variety	Product Type	Maine Grown	Skin Color	Hardy to Zone
Black Pussy Willow	bare-root plants		purple-black	4
‘Blackskin’ Myrsine-Leaf Willow	bare-root plants		dark red-brown	4
‘Frances Red’ Basket Willow	bare-root plants		purplish red	4
Blue Leaf Arctic Willow	bare-root plants			3
‘Mt. Aso’ Japanese Pink Pussy Willow	bare-root plants			4
Japanese Fantail Willow	cuttings	Yes	reddish golden	4

Additional Information

Willows Salix spp.

The genus Salix comprises hundreds of different species of plants most commonly called willows but sometimes called Osier or Sallow. Willows grow all over the world. Some, like the weeping willow, are towering specimens. Others are short scrubby bushes; willows growing in the arctic can be 100 years old but only 2' tall! Uses include ornamental landscaping, shade, basketmaking, erosion control, timber, fuel and medicine. All parts, especially the bark, contain salicin, used for relief of pain and fever for hundreds, or even thousands, of years. Aspirin is a synthetic analog of salicin. Willows feed local wildlife, insects and birds. We plant them near the orchard to provide early season forage for our native pollinators. All prefer sun and loamy wet soils, but are adaptable, easily transplanted and fast growing.

Shipping

Orders for cuttings placed after February 20 will ship around late April through mid-May, in the order in which they were received. Sorry, we cannot expedite these orders.