French Pussywillow

3 or more $4.50/Each

(Salix caprea) You know spring is finally here when put the first of the pussy willow branches in a vase. Before leafing out, this plant produces an abundance of fat, woolly, pinkish gray catkins about one inch long. It can be kept to shrub size by cutting it to ground every few years and letting it resprout. Untended it can grow to 15-25 ft tall. USDA Zones 4-9. rs.