10 Hybrid Willow Tree Plant - Austree Cuttings Grow 12 Foot 1st Season - Create Instant Privacy Fence Hedge Fast Shade - Live Trees Fast Growing - Twigz Nursery

They arrived like a beautifully wrapped bundle of sticks. The wrapping for the base was still moist. They literally started sprouting in 1 day. Super easy directions. The picture shown is after 10 days in a north facing window. Very happy with this purchase!

I purchased 18 cuttings. I was very hopeful; I need these to grow to be a privacy screen. I placed them in my propagation station. Within two weeks 13 of the 18 had begun to put out roots. Now I was quite optimistic. I had told some friends about them. I had transferred all 18 to the yard. They're planted in well drained soil that is mostly mushroom compost. Plenty of sunlight, watering, and weeding. (I had planted some shrub cuttings spaced in between these. They are doing well, 70% are growing.) After a little over a month, only two of the willows have shoots. The other 16 are just dying off. Very disappointed and very dissatisfied, an almost total waste of time, money, energy.

This is the second time I've ordered hybrid willow cuttings. The first time, I was utterly toddler-like impatient and basically shoved them in wet ground where lo and behold they did start to grow but got overtaken by the local weed population and thus were lost.This year, I was determined to follow the instructions so when I saw they were delivered, I thoughtfully asked my husband to run to the mailbox and bring them inside so they weren't out in the heat. He instead set them in the car and forgot about them. 🤦‍♀️They were still looking great when he brought them inside and set them on the table for when I got home. When I did finally come home from work, the package was gone. Two days later, I found an oddly green, perfectly snipped stick approximately the size of the cuttings I had ordered. Then I found the torn up bag they came in. 🥺😭Apparently either a child or a dog had torn open the package and excitedly ran off with individual sticks to either1. Play with them or2. Eat themI salvaged 4 decent cuttings and 2 entered into plant hospice care. The rest... rip. 😭They are currently bathing in a coffee mug of water and I'm crossing my fingers that they may still root since willows are typically easy. Then I was reminded that cats push EVERYTHING off shelves and mine likes to chew sticks and plants so, one of the hospice sticks is now also vertically challenged.I'm fairly sure I'm going to need to place yet a third order for cuttings as I refuse to give up on my willows! But I will be keeping the cuttings very VERY well protected away from paws and hands and small curious little fingers. Learn from the errors of my ways and1. Do follow the directions2. Keep away from cats, dogs, kids, anything else that might fancy a stick as a sort of teething toy.3. Be patient. Again, follow the directions and you will have successful plants.Sigh. At least I get paid tomorrow.

Ordered 10 and received 11. Followed the directions but three did not grow. Planted the rest when the time came and lost another. So, 7 out of 11 isn’t great but it’s better than 6 out of 11. Fully understand these are living plants so just mildly disappointed. The ones that did grow are doing great.

I followed the directions, unfortunately 4 of the 10 did not develop roots. The surviving 60% are doing well without grow lights. I plan to pot them this weekend. Looking forward to their fast growing shade.

Of the ten cutting s, four developed roots and two show signs of growing after planting. You get what you pay for. Oh well.....maybe two trees!!😁

I received 11 sticks and 3 never sprouted roots. The 8 that grew roots are doing well though. They have leaves and are in the ground now. The instructions were clear and seemed to work very well. I’m happy

I had these in water for nearly a month waiting for the roots to shoot out. I ordered 20 and 10 or less grew roots which were very thin and short. I have seen videos of other cuttings growing roots within 2 weeks that were much thicker. I finally planted them just to see what happens. I don’t have high hopes for these to grow at this point.