Salix species ( derived from another thread)

[TheOnionMan]

Beautiful plant and photographs, Mark.

As I hoped to make clear, I cannot take credit for the photographs, they're not mine. 

 TWO MARKS INVOLVED HERE, FOLKS!!

Maybe start using Mark M and Mark S?  Or address me as my Mom would, with her New England accent where "rrrs" don't exist... Mahk.
I'll try to be more observant before posting :-)

[mark smyth]

Mark S is OK with me.

[Maggi Young]

Mark S is OK with me.

Darn, I was hoping you would opt for Smiffy!

[mark smyth]

I'm known by various names over here DJ, Mark One, Marcus, Birdie, Birdman and others

[maggiepie]

Sorry Mcmark, I should have been more specific and named the plant.   
I was referring to the beautiful S. reticulata photos.

[TheOnionMan]

Sorry Mcmark, I should have been more specific and named the plant.   
I was referring to the beautiful S. reticulata photos.

No problem Helen (or do you ever go by something akin to your login name, like Maggie?). 

I like McMark, that's cool 

[TheOnionMan]

I'm known by various names over here DJ, Mark One, Marcus, Birdie, Birdman and others

How about Elvismark?  I must say, now that I'm becoming seriously follicly challenged (alt: follically), I'm becoming envious of guys with masses of magnificent Elvis like hair (as in your profile pic) or those that are well-endowed (follically of course) in general.

After 3 months of unemployment, I've had but one 20-minute telephone interview for a postion that pays 55% of what I was making. Still waiting to hear. Accordingly, I was thinking of adopting the nickname of Markdown, or maybe BOGO 

[maggiepie]

No problem Helen (or do you ever go by something akin to your login name, like Maggie?). 

I like McMark, that's cool 

Helen , maggie, either is fine.
The maggiepie comes from my footie team, the collingwood magpies 

[cohan]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they do Cohan, especially those species that make suckers freely. There's no doubt that willows are wonder riverbank binders and whereever a line of willows can be seen in the NZ landscape (none are natives of course) you can be sure there's a river wending its way alongside.

not much around here for rivers (immediate area, i mean, there are of course rivers and streams in the region-10-20 miles away in any given direction) but lots of various kinds of wetlands--we call them all 'sloughs' here, but none involve running water much, except in spring! plenty of willows, all of the multiple thin trunk types,older trunks tending to fall over when beyond 4 or 5 metres if they live that long..
have to get higher up though to see the real small species..

[Darren]

That Salix reticulata is lovely Mark. It is one of my favourites and mine is currently in a pot as I'm struggling to find a place in this garden that really suits it. It was tending to drop it's leaves in mid summer as I think it wanted to be in a cooler spot. S herbacea does the same.

A few years ago at the spring shows Ron McBeath (I think) had a great range of UK native little willows for sale, which I think had come from material gathered for a research project. My wallet suffered!

[Maggi Young]

I like McMark, that's cool

Yes, that has quite a ring to it! Let's go with that!

[Arie.v]

In according to the book "Shrubs of Ontario "Salix Lanata is native to the Hudson Bay and James Bay area
We use to grow it but lost it some how. A friend of mine has it in her garden and I'm taking some cuttings from it this winter and hope to get it back in the system. It is a lovely plant and in my friends garden it is contained in her rock garden.

[mark smyth]

Darren my Salix is in in full sun, when it shines, from 10am to 6pm-ish. When I remove the hedge it will get sun until sunset.

Maybe I'll show a photos of what my hair looks like? 10 months to 50 and I have a full head of hair

[Maggi Young]

Maybe I'll show a photos of what my hair looks like? 10 months to 50 and I have a full head of hair

It's the black stuff growing out of your head, Mark......

[Darren]

Here is Salix (nakamurana var) yezoalpina. The leaves are 5cm long at maturity. As I said - sort of a giant version of reticulata. But rather more rampant....

Mark - interesting that you grow reticulata in full sun. It didn;t like it here. I wonder if my clone is of more arctic provenance!  I did once inherit some imported arctic turf left over from an experiment at work and from this I rescued several dwarf shrubs (empetrum, betula nana, Salix herbacea). None of those clones survived the first hot summer whereas nursery clones of each are a little more tolerant! Though S herbacea isn't too keen.