Why You Need Pussy Willows In Your Garden

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Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Often the first thing to bloom in the spring, the pussy willow is a popular addition to ornamental gardens. Its flowers, or “catkins”, are fluffy little blooms which resemble tiny little cats. Used as a decoration as part of the lunar new year in China, it is believed to bring prosperity throughout the coming year. It’s also commonly utilized as an Easter decoration.

But what exactly is the pussy willow? Is it a tree or a shrub? How does it grow, and how can you maintain it? Let’s delve deep into the history of this willow-tree relative and discover everything you need to know to grow your own pussywillow.

Learn More: Pussy Willow: Growing and Caring For Salix-Species Plants

Keep Growing,

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0:00.0	What's up everyone welcome back to the podcast today. We're going to talk about the pussy willow plant and so this is a popular addition to ornamental gardens if you are someone who's grown up before then I'm sure you know this it's a beautiful beautiful plant. So it's
0:14.4	flowers or catkins which is another name for them are these fluffy little
0:20.0	blooms that kind of resemble tiny cats and it's used as a decoration as part of
0:25.2	Lunar New Year in China which is actually coming up as I speak and so it's
0:31.0	believed to bring prosperity throughout the coming year.
0:33.2	It's also used in Easter.
0:35.0	It's used a lot in weddings these days.
0:37.0	But what exactly is the pussy willow?
0:39.4	Is it a tree?
0:40.4	Is it a shrub?
0:41.4	How does it grow?
0:42.4	How do you maintain it? Let's talk about that. Before we do, we'll mention
0:46.7	Garden Maker Naturals who are the sponsor of today's podcast. They make natural organic
0:50.9	fertilizers that have complete ingredient transparency.
0:54.0	I personally really like the starting mix and the all-purpose mix,
0:59.1	which you can go find at gardenmaker.com.
1:01.9	Stay tuned.
1:03.0	We are working on a custom fertilizer together as well, which I'll let you know about.
1:07.4	But let's go ahead and talk about the Pussy Willow.
1:09.8	So it is a relative of the Willow family, as you may be able to deduce from the name, but it often grows more as a shrub rather than a tree.
1:20.4	Older specimens can become trees in time, but they tend to kind of have a weak branch
1:24.9	structure that doesn't support a whole lot of weight. So they are very important plants
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