Willow Cuttings

Willow cutting orders are now Closed!

Open again Winter 2027

Minimum Order: 1 bundle = 10 willow sticks $10

Willow is a most fabulous product - fast growing, it produces tons of material that can be used for a myriad of things; making baskets, weaving garden edging or barriers, making obelisks and plant supports, archways and fences - living structures, gates, furniture, it makes excellent biochar and in drought it can also be cut and used as animal fodder. Growing willow also provides habitat and food for birds, bees, butterflies and other critters.

The willows listed here are some of the best willows available in NZ for basketry specifically

Varieties available for purchase:

• Salix viminalis ‘Gigantea’ - grows fast and big! Up to 10ft in one year (1.8 - 3 metres), best for chunky basket work, fencing, edging and living structures. It dries from vibrant green to bright orange then dark red/brown depending on its exposure to sun. 
  
  
• Salix purpurea ‘Nana’ - A finer willow, that grows slender long rods, perfect for small or delicate basketry. It grows 2 - 5 feet (0.6 - 1.5 metres). When fresh it is a purple-red, and dries to a medium brown. 

•  Salix purpurea ‘Green Dicks’ - Probably the best all round basket willow, at least in our growing conditions. Grows 5 - 7 feet (1.5 - 2.1 metres). It produces lovely long thin rods, perfect for all sorts of basketry. When fresh it is a vibrant green that dries down to a light grey/brown 

• Salix triandra ‘Black Maul’ - A great all-round basket willow. It grows 5 - 8 feet (1.5 - 2.4 metres). Thicker than the purpurea basket willows it’s great for chunkier baskets, ribs and plant supports. A lovely deep brown/black colour fresh, that settles into a a slightly lighter brown. This variety is also commonly used for white willow (aka de-barked willow), though we have not tried to do this ourselves…yet.

We are building up our stock of other varieties and will hopefully have them on offer in the coming years, so keep an eye out.

 Minimum Order: 1 bundle = 10 willow sticks $10