Light Dicks

Dormant Cuttings for planting:

Each bundle consists of ten 11” long dormant cuttings. The price per bundle is $30.00.

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Salix purpurea 'Light Dicks'

‘Light Dicks’ is a timeless cultivar that traces its roots back to England in the early 1900s. This variety is highly regarded among weavers, particularly for medium to fine basketry work. The fine and slender stems have a unique coloration with olive-green on the shady side and purplish on the sunny side. Once established and with annual coppicing, 'Light Dicks' produced an abundance of straight slender rods to a length of 6-8’ long.

Dried rod color: Greens-Brown

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Uses:

• Valued by weavers and artisans for its slender and flexible nature

• A favorite for its color and for fine to medium basketry

• Unique color throughout the year

• Prized in ornamental landscape: in mass or in groupings

• When coppiced it provides lots of rods

• Great in summer floral arrangements

On our farm, this graceful beauty showcases it lovely leaves and their stems unique color shading. Our long rows of ‘Light Dicks’ and ‘Dark Dicks’ seem to dance and sway in rhythm with nature and each other. In stillness their reach is impressive.

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