Goat willow - garden decoration

Goat willow - unpretentious, resistant to increased soil moisture plant. In order to achieve decorative, it is planted on a stem. Yves is very well in the gardens next to the small ponds. Long and straight, like fairy hair mermaids, its branches are in good harmony both with the plane of water, and with the green lawn. The goat willow is a weeping, dangling shape that does not come from every escape. For effective reproduction of this species, a long selection is necessary. Most trees look like a common bush, although in this case the goat willow looks good too. It is suitable for an experienced gardener, because he will have to carry out not the most simple procedure for the formation of the crown.

Goat willow. What you need to know when purchasing this tree

Special pruning is necessary for this plant. If the gardener pities a tree and does not want to cut off its branches, it can only turn out that he will ruin goat willow. Subsequently, the plant will not be able to function normally. In some ways it looks like a thoroughbred animal, in need of special care, such as a haircut, cupping of ears and so on. The goat willow, left to herself, will simply travel along the earth, she will not keep in shape. Let's recall the universal rules that will help you to properly cut your plant. Shrubs form after they bloom. Most often in early summer. Weeping can be cut in winter. But then you will not see the flowering. Form the crown using the pruner as follows: cut off any new shoots, leaving no more than twenty centimeters. Make sure that there is a kidney on the end of the knot. Its top should be directed upwards and to the side. This will give the crown a beautiful umbrella shape.

There is another method. If you pinch all the buds on the top of the shoots throughout the summer, this activates those that are on the sides of the branches. This will also symmetrically form the crown of the tree. Willow goat (kilmarnock) is not the only weeping plant that a secateur might need. But the crowns of other trees need to be cut in the same way, but only at the beginning of spring, before flowering.

Iva goats (pendula). Reproduction and properties

The weeping form, as already mentioned, is propagated, grafting it onto the stem. In the area of vaccination there remains a small stump. Up to this point a part of the plant is called a stock. And the fact that the top - we will take. It is possible to activate the rootstock and the emergence of shoots, which are genetically a wild tree. They need to be deleted. If the decoction perishes, the tree will, unfortunately, not have any qualities grafted on the stem of the plant. Such trees are called wildlets.

The height of the willow will depend on the level at which the vaccinated form was vaccinated. Leaves of willow are very fond of goats. Because of this, it got its name. Animals prefer this plant, because it is very useful and has medicinal properties. Traditional medicine uses willow (decoction from its bark) with hypertension and other problems with pressure, as well as with chronic gastrointestinal and nervous diseases.