The tree of enchantment 🦄

[Eckhoffw]

Well, I’m a new owner of one of these novelty plants.
Have you seen these at your grocery, or box store?
My wife noticed me looking at one at our local grocery store. I received one for Valentine’s Day .

Pussy willow grafted onto some kind of rootstock pole.
The root stock is actually thinner than the grafted Salix. All in all I like it. Not bonsai, but interesting.
Not really sure what My plan is for it, besides put it in a different pot, and prune as needed .
I’m curious as to if the branches need continued wiring for weeping. I imagine all new shoots growing straight towards the sun.

So,,, anyone else with one? I won’t judge!

 

[19Mateo83]

I saw those, I passed

 

[LittleDingus]

I've got one.



The larger weeping pussy willows were mildly popular landscape trees some years back. For landscape, the trunk is usually closer to 5-6' tall.

They will weeping on their own...it's a mutation. The mutation is they bend away rather than towards the light. Full sun helps force weeping.

Unfortunately, cuttings don't root anywhere near as easy as most Salix. So, instead, I'm growing mine out for grafting stock. I have a regular pussy willow in the yard that the previous owners let get mostly crowded out by a mulberry. I'm hoping to rejuvenate that tree and create some interesting branches to layer off and graft the weeping form onto rather than the pencil straight trunk.

In the mean time, it's a fun little tree in the spring

 

[JudyB]

Cute! Strange that they would graft, as willow are so easy to root and keep.

 

[penumbra]

I planted one in the ground many years ago and it is very full and about 3 feet tall. The root stock has gotten huge and distorted.

Cute! Strange that they would graft, as willow are so easy to root and keep.

Seems like I tried but maybe I'll try again.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Cute! Strange that they would graft, as willow are so easy to root and keep.

Yeah, I thought that odd as well. All I can think is that they use that particular root stock because it grows straight.
However, as @penumbra said, his gotten distorted, so I no clue.

 

[Eckhoffw]

I planted one in the ground many years ago and it is very full and about 3 feet tall. The root stock has gotten huge and distorted.

Seems like I tried but maybe I'll try again.

I think I’ll plant it in the ground as well!
Thanks for idea.