This is a beautiful all around willow for most everything and is very resistant to disease in the field. This variety produces long and slender rods that grow a yellowy-green but dry a lovely proud red colour. It takes up to twice as long to soak up as most other varieties due to its thick skin, but it is well worth the wait. This willow is also known for lasting an extraordinary long time after soaking and is resistant to mold or rot due to high tannin content in the bark. You can see in the last two photos examples of its cured beautiful red colour in two baskets. This willow is brillant for uprights on stake and strand baskets, ribs on frame baskets, splits well for skein work, weavers on stake and strand and frame baskets, it does a bit of everything very well!

strength: fantastic for borders, uprights and weavers

colour: rich dark brownish-red

size: 3-7 foot