envelope icon phone icon

right arrow Home

down arrow Trees

right arrow Conifers

down arrow Leaf Trees

right arrow Birches

right arrow Cherries & Plums

right arrow Dogwoods

right arrow Lilacs

right arrow Miscellaneous

right arrow Ninebarks

right arrow Poplars

right arrow Potentillas

down arrow Willows

bullet Arctic Blue Willow

bullet Belgian Red Willow

bullet Black Maul Willow

bullet Coyote Willow

bullet French Pussy Willow

bullet Golden Willow

bullet Laurel Leaf Willow

bullet Peking Weeping Willow

bullet Pussy Willow

bullet Tricolor Willow

right arrow Advice

right arrow Our Forests

right arrow Almanac

right arrow Links

right arrow Soapbox

Belgian Red Willow

Salix fragilis 'Belgian Red'

This willow can be raised as a tree or as a shrub. Raised as a tree, it's one of our larger willows, getting up to 20 meters high.

Pruned close to ground it will coppice into a shrub. Stems can be harvested annually or bi-annually for basketry. New growth starts green, but turns red in the fall, generating winter interest.

Back to Top
Copyright © 2008 - 2009 S. G. Botsford

Sherwood's Forests is located about 75 km southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. Please refer to the map on our Contact page for directions.