{"id":19559,"date":"2022-05-03T13:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?p=19559"},"modified":"2022-05-03T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:10:03","slug":"growing-willow-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/05\/03\/growing-willow-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you grow Willow in Maine to be harvested for making fences and garden structures?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Is it possible to grow willow plants in Maine that will be harvested for sticks and used in making fences and garden structures?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Answer:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Lynne M. Holland, Horticulture and Social Media Professional <\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">Willow is a great wattle material and is definitely\u00a0hardy to your area.\u00a0 The trick to wattle is to choose a willow variety that is fast growing and a bush structure as opposed to the more tree-like willows we generally see.\u00a0 That being said any straight growing saplings can be used for the structural parts and then fill in with flexible new growth of smaller diameter.\u00a0 Here is a short\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2021\/02\/05\/wattle-fences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2021\/02\/05\/wattle-fences\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651683293528000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ISDrE8RioMXKR5mbJGVLD\">article I wrote last year<\/a>\u00a0with a resource for more information and there is also an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/2013\/06\/willow-a-new-old-crop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/2013\/06\/willow-a-new-old-crop\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651683293529000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2D7oiryy9-F3OG3FrTfHEF\">article from Cornell on the topic<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/willow.cals.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/willow.cals.cornell.edu\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651683293529000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZiIbkRHJcOFH3bOmS_aMH\">Cornell also has a willow program<\/a>\u00a0and their weather is a little colder and dryer than ours.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">The University of Connecticut has the definitive list od Salix cultivars.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/plantscience.uconn.edu\/People\/Faculty\/Kuzovkina_13_603452043.pdf\">It is a really in-depth long list with some great information.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Is it possible to grow willow plants in Maine that will be harvested for sticks and used in making fences and garden structures? 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Holland, Horticulture and Social Media Professional Willow is a great wattle material and is definitely\u00a0hardy to your area.\u00a0 The trick to wattle is to choose a willow variety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can you grow Willow in Maine to be harvested for making fences and garden structures? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2022\/05\/03\/growing-willow-in-maine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can you grow Willow in Maine to be harvested for making fences and garden structures? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question: Is it possible to grow willow plants in Maine that will be harvested for sticks and used in making fences and garden structures? 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