Comments on: Wilg – Willow

By: tovje

tovje — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:53:08 +0000

leuk om dat allemaal te lezen en dan te weten!

By: easygardener

easygardener — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:25:04 +0000

I had not realised that pussy willows provided so much food for wildlife. It is nice to learn something new. They are one of the few plants that I remember studying during biology classes when I was at school.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:27:43 +0000

Love pussy willows! I just found out about the male/female thing with them, since someone gave me black ones and it was interesting to see the difference once they bloomed. I want to plant them out but don’t really have a ton of space or a wet enough spot. Maybe I should pass them along to someone who does!

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:55:12 +0000

Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing.

By: VP

VP — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:37:22 +0000

Anne – we have a lot of willow around here as the soil is clay, rather damp and also by a stream. I love ‘pussy willow’ – as it’s called at this time of the year over here!

My friend who keeps bees has just given me a solitary bee shelter which needs to be put up in the garden very soon.

Thanks so much for coming over to my place and telling us more about Belgian gardening from your perspective. It added so much more to the piece. I’ve had a quick look at Open Tuinen too – it looks very similar to the popular ‘yellow book’ scheme over here.

You’ve observed that garden blogging is increasing in Belgium – let’s hope it means an increasing interest in gardening too!

By: Me!

Me! — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:28:08 +0000

Dat zou de eerste boom zijn die ik zou planten als ik een voldoende grote tuin zou hebben.

By: David

David — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:34:49 +0000

Prachtig artikel en mooie foto’s. Ik denk niet dat veel mensen beseffen hoe nuttig wilgen kan worden voor een natuurvriendelijke tuin.
David

By: tina

tina — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:01:58 +0000

I checked out the article and was pleased to see aucubas grow over there too. I am still trying to differentiate the flowers, but have to wait until they get more mature. Then hopefully it will be obvious. Thanks for your research!

By: tina

tina — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:18 +0000

Love that butterfly! I just posted on a plant that has male/female plants. I am looking closely at the blooms but can’t see a difference.

By: Godelieve

Godelieve — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:10:41 +0000

Interessante weetjes. Ik heb nooit echt op dit verschil gelet.