What are your dead willow bundles of Salix Viminalis Bowles Hybrid suitable for ?
They can be used for ‘rough’ weaving, say, around living structures, borders, making plant supports or general crafts etc (‘Bowles Hybrid’ is not a variety considered to be of basket weaving quality) or, if ordered in winter, as they are fresh cut, they could be used to plant and create small living willow sculptures – please let us know if you plan to plant them so we can send you the freshest cut material. From late November onwards we have fresh cut willow which is totally pliable, and will stay so (if kept somewhere cool) until about April. Thereafter, it will need soaking to become pliable again – in the late spring it may only need a few days soaking in the autumn (as it has dried out totally from the winter cut) it will need soaking for about 10 days to become workable. Very roughly speaking, a bundle can cover about 8 to 10 square feet, depending on the type of weaving used and how tightly it is done. There are approximately 200 whips in the bundle of longer whips, and more in
