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Goat Willow plants are a popular native hedging species, easily recognised by the pretty catkins that are silver or gold in colour. The catkins on Salix caprea begin to appear in spring, decorating the bare branches, later followed by muted green, broad leaves with silvery, hairy undersides. Like all Willow plants, this variety will cope with all soils from normal to very wet.
Best Features: silver and gold catkins, green foliage, wildlife value
Ideal For Hedges: 1-4m
Growth Rate: Average | 20-40cm
Position: Full sun, partial shade, normal-dry soils, sheltered or exposed, inland or coastal
Goat Willow is particularly wildlife-friendly, supporting 100's of insect species. The gold, male catkins, which appear in spring are rich in nectar, making them very bee-friendly. Although most Willows are thought to be best suited to wet soils (near ponds and streams) Salix caprea is actually more suited to normal, well-drained soil and sun or partial shade.
Plant Pussy Willow alone for an attractive, wildlife-friendly feature plant or mix with other native hedging plants.
Expected growth of Willow hedge plants
With an average growth rate, goat Willow can be expected to achieve 20-40cm per year, it is ideal for heights between 1-4m.
Care advice for Salix caprea
A light prune in late winter-early spring is all that Willow hedges, including salix alba, require. Please view the best4hedging care and pruning instructions in our advice section.
Planting density recommendations for willow hedging
For information on planting density please see the product table. In the 'No. Per Metre' column, you will find our recommended plant density for each individual plant species and root type.
We offer Willow as bare roots, which are available November to late April/early May (depending on the season) and provide great value for money, plus we have wonderful quality cell grown and pot grown plants available throughout the year.
The majority of our Goat Willow hedging plants are UK grown by our highly skilled experts who have years of nursery growing experience. Occasionally, we source White Willow (Salix alba) from outside of the UK. In this instance, we make every effort to ensure our suppliers cannot be beaten on quality. At best4hedging we strive to provide the freshest condition plants of the highest possible quality, all whilst maintaining our competitive prices. Rest assured, you can buy Willow hedge plants online with complete confidence.
Delivery Time - Please note that delivery times are currently within 7 working days. *Some troughs, trees and premium products may take up to 14 days delivery.
Free Delivery - The majority of orders over the minimum order values shown below are delivered FREE to UK Mainland. Please note, we are unable to deliver to N.I. and the Republic of Ireland. (Exceptions apply - see Delivery Areas)
