10 Brittany Blue willow cuttings, 30cm long, supplied as bare root. Grown using organic methods. This beautiful variety is known for its soft blue-grey tone and elegant, straight rods, making it a favourite for basketry and decorative work. Grown by a basketmaker with over 15 years’ experience. Includes plant passport and instructions.
Pre-order now. Fresh-cut living plants, dispatched from mid January to March in strict order of purchase. Pre-orders open from September.
£7.80
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These 10 bare root Brittany Blue willow cuttings, 30cm long, come from a smallholding in Caerphilly, Wales, where they are grown with care by a basketmaker who has been cultivating and weaving willow since 2009. Brittany Blue is admired for its refined blue-grey colour and naturally straight growth, producing clean, smooth rods ideal for basketry, sculpture, and ornamental planting.
This variety brings a calm, cool tone to woven work, offering subtle contrast alongside warmer-coloured willows. In the garden, it creates elegant structure and soft winter colour. Willow also offers wider environmental benefits. It establishes quickly, improves soil structure, and provides valuable habitat for birds, insects, and small mammals. Planting your own willow gives you a renewable, sustainable material to harvest year after year.
Plant the cuttings through weed suppressant fabric to help them establish quickly. Prepare the fabric before your order arrives for easier planting. For basketry, space cuttings 30cm apart with 60cm between rows. Block planting often gives the best results, while wider spacing lets the cuttings grow into larger rods or trees.
Plant your cuttings as soon as possible. If you can’t plant immediately, store them in a cool place or in the fridge inside a plastic bag. You can plant them until the end of March while the weather stays cold. Cut basketry rods back to the original cutting each winter after the first year to encourage fresh, straight growth.
Willow cuttings are living plants, grown on my smallholding and harvested fresh shortly before dispatch. I send them at the appropriate time during the winter cutting season to ensure maximum freshness and viability.
Typical dispatch schedule by order month:
Please note: the exact dispatch date may vary depending on the number of orders received each month. I will email you a confirmation once I send your order.
Every order comes with a plant passport and full planting instructions.
Important: willow cuttings are supplied as bare-root living plant material. Willow cuttings are perishable, so you must plant or store them correctly when they arrive. You may cancel your order at any time before dispatch, but once dispatched we cannot accept cancellations or returns.
Discover all willow varieties on our willow page.
