French Pussy Willow Tree
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Delivery and Shipping
Delivery and Shipping
Shipping
To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.
Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.
Shipping Rates
At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.
From | To | S&H |
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0 | 19.99 | 24.99 |
20 | 49.99 | 29.99 |
50 | 69.99 | 34.99 |
70 | 99.99 | 39.99 |
100 | 129.99 | 44.99 |
130 | 149.99 | 48.99 |
150 | 150+ | Approx 28% |
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Buying Options for Plants
Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.
Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!
Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.
- Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
- Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.
Nature Hills Container Size by Volume
Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.
Young Plants to 18 Months | ||
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Size | Volume | |
2"x2"x3" | Ranges from | .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume |
4.5" Container | Equal to | .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume |
Sprinter Pot | Equal to | .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume |
4" Container | Ranges from | .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume |
6" Container | Equal to | 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume |
1 Quart | Equal to | 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume |
5.5" Container | Equal to | 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x5" | Ranges from | .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x6" | Ranges from | 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x9" | Ranges from | 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume |
4"x4"x10" | Ranges from | 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume |
Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old | ||
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Size | Volume | |
2 Quart | Equal to | 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume |
#1 Container | Ranges from | 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume |
5"x5"x12" | Equal to | 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume |
Plants 2 - 4 Years Old | ||
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Size | Volume | |
#2 Container | Ranges from | 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume |
#3 Container | Ranges from | 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume |
Plants 3 - 5 Years Old | ||
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Size | Volume | |
#5 Container | Ranges from | 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume |
#6 Container | Ranges from | 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume |
#7 Container | Ranges from | 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume |
Plant Highlights
French Pussy Willow Tree highlights at a glance!
Plant Highlights
Plant Highlights
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Botanical Name
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Growing Zones
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Mature Height
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Mature Spread
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Sun ExposureFull Sun
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Moisture
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Soil
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Growth RateFast
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Pollinator Friendly
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Pollinator Required
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Pruning Time
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Bloom PeriodEarly Spring
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Growing Zones 4-8
Graceful, Hardy French Pussy Willow Tree
- Gray, Pink and Green Catkins
- Fabulous Early Spring Display
- Include Branches in Cut Arrangements and Outdoor Containers
- Force Branches Indoors in Winter
- Must-Have Backdrop for Cutting Gardens
- Fast-Growing Screening Tree
- Thrives in Wet Spots in Your Garden
- This Variety Also Tolerates Drier Sites Than Others
- Tolerates Juglone from Black Walnut Trees
- Easy Care, Adaptable and Versatile
Perhaps you've loved the tender look of these memorable flower buds since you were a small child. After all, the fine texture of tightly clasped pussy willows capture the imagination with ease!
Now that you are grown up, make a decision to decorate your life with the classic harbinger of spring. Delightful French Pussy Willow tree (Salix caprea) produces sweetly fuzzy catkins along the length of the dainty branches in late winter and early spring.
Use these easy trees, and you'll have a sure sign that spring is around the corner. No other garden site is quite so welcome.
Add with a few Forsythia bushes for a special springtime feature in your landscape. You'll have plenty of material on hand for cut flower arrangements.
The large, fuzzy, silvery buds can be cut and forced indoors in late winter. You'll appreciate their delicate beauty!
Pussy Willow branches in bud are often sold for high prices. Why not bundle and sell your own Pussy Willow material to local shops? Use several along your fence line and start a fun little cottage business.
In no time, you'll enjoy a beautiful, graceful tree. Enjoy filling your vases and outdoor containers with armloads of Pussy Willows.
Like all Willows, our French Pussy Willow trees thrive near water. This particular variety also tolerates sites with well-drained soil if they receive enough water.
French Pussy Willow trees grow with a dreamy form and wavy-edged leaves that flutter in the slightest breeze. They make good screening plants, and can easily help you create a private paradise in your landscape.
It is fast-growing, easy to care for and long-lived. Get the look you crave with French Pussy Willow trees from Nature Hills. Order today!
How to Use French Pussy Willow Tree in the Landscape
This is a versatile tree that can be used for many garden applications. You'll find many ways to use it in your landscape.
Use a single tree as a lawn specimen plant in a large mulched bed. Underplant around the tree with flowering and fall color shrubs like Sweetspire; along with hundreds of spring-flowering bulbs for a wonderful display.
Create a Rain Garden in a low spot and use French Pussy Willow to anchor your planting. Include moisture-loving plants like Swamp Milkweed, Hardy Hibiscus and Rushes.
Consider this a small-scale replacement for Weeping Willow. It looks incredible reflected in water from a pond or water feature.
Add as a privacy screen or free-flowing hedge. Create a fast solid hedge by planting them 5 feet apart on center. Measure from the center of one to the center of the next, and they'll grow together and touch.
Use this same idea to create walls of an outdoor Garden Room. Wouldn't you love to have a restful getaway spot in your space? Add a platform for Yoga, or a cozy glider for reading.
These easy-care trees can provide shade and screening for a Children's Garden. Be sure to tell them the legend of how the Pussy Willow gets its name.
As the story goes...long ago, a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river. Her kittens had been chasing butterflies and had fallen in the water and were unable to swim.
The Willows at the river's edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens. The kittens gripped on so tightly to their branches that every spring the Willows sprout tiny, furry buds at their tips where the tiny kittens clung to safety.
#ProPlantTips for Care
French Pussy Willow tree flowers best in full sun, but will tolerate partial or light shade. Ensure it receives at least 4 hours of sunlight a day.
It adapts to most soil types, including wet soils. Provide a moderate amount of water on a regular basis. Apply a 3-inch layer of mulch around the tree, pulling it back from the trunk.
In early spring, it's time to harvest your catkins. Select a few of the thickest branches to remove completely back to the main trunk.
Willows are very forgiving of pruning. You can use them as shrubs, if you allow the lower branches to remain. Prune them up as a single leader tree-form, if you choose. Or, control the height by trimming all the branches back to the ground after flowering.
To force branches in winter, select a few of the interior branches and trim them back in late winter. Make your cuts at a 45--degree angle just above a swelling bud that faces outward.
Bring them indoors and place in a vase filled with warm water. Change water daily, and watch as the buds start to swell into those beloved "fussies".
Make the most of your space. Order French Pussy Willow trees, and start your growing season right every year thereafter.