Tanglewood
Living willow garden structures grow quickly and easily into strong and attractive garden features which, like other plants and trees, change their form during the year. In the spring and summer they sport fresh green leaves, and in winter golden or red bark.
A variety of willow is specially selected for use in the garden as it is disease resistant and manageable. A multitude of fascinating structures can be made from living willow – just a selection of which are featured below.
For best results plant in the New Year into a moist, loamy soil. To maintain the shape, prune or tie-in shoots during the growing season.
Tanglewood Living Trellis
Unique garden decorative divider or fence.
Simple to construct.
Grow plants such as sweet peas through it.
Trellis becomes a living structure through the pressure-grafting of the willow as it grows.
Requires trimming to maintain appearance.
Tanglewood Living Arbour
Plant in a sunny spot to get a favourite view of the garden.
Place comfortable chairs or a bench inside.
Tanglewood Twisted Tree
Living withies are expertly twisted together to form an unusual tree.
Use singly in pots, or plant as a group or avenue.
Tanglewood Hedging Roll
Instant living visual barrier at the size ordered.
Dig a trench to plant and tie it onto fencing stakes.
Requires trimming to maintain appearance.
Maintenance and Height
All tanglewood products are willow. Willow looses its leaves in winter and may be planted bare rooted between November and the end of March. In the first year when growth is starting and roots establishing it is best not to prune the willow except to pinch out the growing tip to promote bushy growth. In subsequent years prune back growth of that year half early July and prune hard all growth during winter. The tanglewood trellis and hedging roll may be maintained at any height desired, willow is vigorous and annual growth of 5-6 may be experienced.
Roots
Willow roots have a bad reputation from the weeping willow which is a different variety from the willow we use. There is no doubt that in exceptionally dry periods willow roots will seek water. It is also thought that willow roots are massive, obviously if you have a big tree it will have a large root system, but in the case of Tanglewood living hedge it may be assumed that as the hedge will be kept relatively small the root system will match.
Tanglewood Living Hedging roll
Planting Instructions
Prepare the site by digging a trench about a 1ft deep and provide a good mulching. Keep the roll out of any drying winds, preferably stood in water until you are able to plant the hedging system (cold winter winds can be particularly drying). Stakes (56” high) will be required at approximately 6 intervals until the root system is well established. Once planted ensure that it is watered and cared for as any new hedging system in the garden until at least the plants are established. As the willow stems are very close together there will probably be a small percentage of the stems will not strike, which is a necessary process of producing such a hedging system.
Care Instructions
Willow loses its leaves in winter and may be planted as cuttings between November and the end of March. In the first year when growth is starting and roots are establishing it is best not to prune. In subsequent years prune back growth of that year half in early July and prune hard all growth during winter. The tanglewood hedging roll may be maintained at any height desired. All our living willow products are suited to most growing conditions except where the soil is chalky or there is too much shade.
Availability
Customers are advised that we are only able to despatch orders for living willow products, during the period December to March/April, which is when the willow is usually harvested and therefore available freshly cut. However there are also some occasions in this period when harvesting is delayed or interrupted by seasonal flooding of the willowbeds. In order to allow for such events, and to allow the maximum time period for the living willow to take and to put on first season growth, customers advised to place thier orders for living willow as early as possible in this winter/spring period.
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