Brian Minter: The pussy willow has become a plant of significant interest

The common pussy willow, a member of the salix, or willow, family, is native to many B.C. locations.

The growing trend of creating cut flower gardens has many folks looking for unique plants: something a little beyond the traditional that can be harvested outside the normal growing season. Pussy willows fit this category nicely as they can be used either fresh or dried to last well over a year as home décor.

I remember a few years ago at the Pacific Northwest Flower Show in Seattle there were all kinds of people walking around with big bundles of pussy willow stems sporting black catkins. The vendor at the show was delighted with the response their novelty had drawn. Imagine how striking they would look mixed in with a spring bouquet of tulips, daffodils and fragrant hyacinths.

A few years ago, at the world’s largest horticultural show in Essen, Germany, I was quite taken with a new variety with brilliant pink catkins. Since then, I have been on a quest to find these plants in North America. I discovered it was another Japanese variety called Mt. Aso. Several collectors were growing this plant and now some are in circulation.Article content

As interest in these plants continues to increase, many growers are now grafting them onto a less energetic root stock to make them more garden-friendly. They’re also grafting them on to a single taller stalk to create an attractive tree form.

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