Forest Rebuilding

Willow is a tree with branches that extend over increases especially in wetlands, along rivers and lakes and is extremely weather resistant. If you want to shade and cool throughout the summer, do not hesitate and plant a willow tree in your garden.


Weeping willow was so named because its branches sometimes hanging to the ground, under the weight of branches and leaves abdunentei.

Willow branches, holy celebration in the church of Palm, making up for centuries of Christian tradition.

Willow is part of the family Salicaceae, the arbursti deciduous and elastic branches that grow to 20 meters high and is called wicker. At this time we know of over 500 species of willow worldwide.

Willow leaves are elongated and have saber, grow to 10 cm long and have a silver color. They appear in late winter, giving the tree a very special picture. Willow leaves are green as they mature and turn yellow in autumn.

Willow flowers look like fluffy buds, which is also called Matisse.

Willow is a beautiful tree, which grows and develops rapidly, but the smaller branches and the leaves fall as fast.


How to grow a willow

Weeping willows are planted only in very wet locations, away from home or other structures, because their roots grow fast, long and thick, destroying any plant, building or pipe passing through their neighborhood. Because always looking for sources of water, they had encountered numerous willow roots that have identified and destroyed sewage systems, so we must consider this aspect when you decide to plant a willow. The ideal place is somewhere in the back garden, in an isolated place, which allows it to grow and is distinguished by its spectacular form.

New plants grow easily and get them to them, just need to cut twigs or branches from a willow old and planted them in a fertile land. It is essential to keep the soil moist around new branches planted in the early months of spring, the ideal time for planting.

Remember that willow water needs all year long.


How can you enjoy the willow

The best places for planting willow are open spaces, generous, near a lake or a fountain. Willow will you shelter and shade, recommending they be planted near a place to socialize in the garden, where you can set the table with benches or a gazebo.

Of willow can be drug because it contains salicin, acetylsalicylic acid in aspirin-like. Willow tea is sedative, treats insomnia and relieves pain uternine, but is used as an antirheumatic.

Willow wood is not good to burn, but is ideal for sticks of matches, and its branches are suitable for making elastic pimples and enclosures.