After witnessing firsthand the growth rate and multi-season interest of my green curly willow, I am now growing several different colored varieties whose bark color becomes more accentuated after a frost.

A one year old yellow curly willow grown from a rooted cutting the same size as the green one in my last post. Our cat, Peaches, somehow made it into this photo. No winter photo yet.

A coral bark curly willow purchased last summer in Oregon. Yep, I had to buy a suitcase at Goodwill to get it and other plants back to Iowa. Everywhere I go I seem to come home with plants. It’s a good thing our dog, Jake, didn’t go to Milwaukee with us last weekend since his spot in the back seat of our car got filled up with plants.

Coral bark curly willow a few months later after leaf drop and frost. Now you can see why they call it coral bark. Next post will be on scarlet and golden curly willow, which I’ve just started growing this year.

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