#salix

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 22 January 2025

A fast-growing deciduous tree Salix alba var. vitellina 'Yelverton' (golden willow) is often coppiced to be grown as a shrub. This results in plentiful new growth with striking reddish-orange and yellow-orange stems. These can produce an excellent octopus sculpture for a winter display and these stems will be pruned in the spring prior to bud burst before the new foliage is produced.

Jill Raggett

[wild-e-eep]

Just a sprinkling of autumn colour on this wizened, bog-bound willow.

[boschintegral-photo]

Weeping Willow Botanical Garden Münster, Germany

[tvickiesims]

Common Seasonal Trees Set

A set of 8 seasonal trees converted and adapted from free models for Sims 2.

Polycount:

Birch - 3119

Ohio Buckeye - 6645

Pinus - 2270

Pinus Big - 1508

Populus - 2721

Salix - 4620

Tilia - 1341

Tilia Big - 4642

Original models are by Max Achkovsky at 3dWarehouse.

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture included.

Download at SFS

UPDATE 13-02-23

Forgot to delete falling leaves generation on two pine trees, this is now fixed.

[forestfeeling]

You’ve been a good neighbor

[sleeping-at-sea]

Can you do this?

it kinda looks like sour dough bread

[kristo-flowers]

willow catkins

[banyun-gong]

@salix83261876

おやすみなさい！

[impbites]

going for a test ride 🧡💛💙

(yayyy i managed to draw OC art outside of an event!!!!! ^_^)

[haveyougrownthisplant]

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 19 January 2025

The cut stems of Cornus (dogwood) and Salix (willow) cultivars are used to make decorative containers for a winter display. The wavy stems of Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ (dragon’s claw willow, Peking willow, wiggerly willow) make a dramatic arrangement and are surrounded by a planting of Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus' (variegated slender sweet flag).

Jill Raggett

[ahedderick]

There is a swamp willow (Salix nigra) at the edge of the yard that started slowly falling over several years ago. This type of willow has an unusual life strategy of getting old and cranky, slowly keeling over sideways near a stream, eventually getting low enough to start growing extra roots along what was formerly the trunk, and the branches on the side turn into new trunks in a small clonal colony. This one has several dead branches that are growing lovely shelf fungi.

Here's a photo from 2020, it has collapsed a lot more since then. As long as it doesn't completely block the little stream, I'm just going to let it do its thing.

[boschintegral-photo]

Weeping Willow Münster, Germany

[unkn0wnvariable]

Willow Branch

A willow branch against the trees and sky beyond, at Felmersham Gravel Pits.

[weepingfoxfury]

Sunshine through the blinds and the man on the radio is talking to today's chef about homemade granola ... I'm a porridge person myself. Suddenly they're talking about roasted peppers and garlic and relish and I'm beginning to think I must have nodded off somewhere along the line. The chef now wants to put eggs and relish into croissant and all I can think is 'No! No! No!' ... just warm them and dip them into a small bowl of hot chocolate.

Don't think I'll be buying his recipe book ... his ideas for breakfast would probably startle me.

Starting the day with coffee, the back door open, dogs/cats coming and going, birds doing their birdsy things, that's about the pace of it.

The Primulas are coming along nicely. Hardy little buggers. Astonished at the temperatures they've survived. Always satisfying to see what made it through the winter. I'm no gardener ... the plants either make it or not. I usually get the ones off the 'cheap trolley' ... dried out and neglected by the garden centre ... nice to bring them home, see them get happy in the rain.

"Spring is sprung, de grass is riz ... I wonder where de boidies is? ... de boid is on de wing ... but dat's absoid! ... I always thought de wing was on de boid."

Always liked that silly rhyme ... read it years ago ... definitely appropriate for today ...

[rab-bitly]

my baldurs gate character, salix :)