Willow Cuttings Pre-Order 2027: 5 Basket Willow Varieties From Our Tennessee Farm
Key takeaways
Pre-orders are open for five basket willow varieties: Packing Twine, Dicky Meadows, Green Dicks, Hutchinson's Red and Vitellina Golden.
Each bundle is 10 dormant, unrooted cuttings, 10-12 inches long, for $20.
Cuttings are hand-cut from our own coppiced stools in Blountville, Tennessee, and ship in winter, timed to your planting zone.
Shipping is $15 flat under $80. Orders of $80 or more (4+ bundles) ship free.
Quantities are limited to what our beds produce this season.
Pre-orders are now open for this season's willow cuttings from Harmony Springs Farm. If you weave baskets, want to start your own willow bed, or are planning a living fence or fedge, now is the time to reserve your cuttings. Every bundle comes from stools we planted, coppiced and measured ourselves, so you know exactly what you're getting and where it grew.
The 5 Willow Varieties on Currently on Pre-Order
We chose a mix of fine weaving, color and structural willows so you can start a well-rounded bed from one order. The numbers below come from our own second-year stools, not a catalog.
Variety | Best for | Rods on our 2nd-year stools | Dried rod color |
Fine, detailed weaving | About 6 ft, around 12 rods per stool | Dark brown | |
Weavers, side stakes, fedges | About 10 ft, 12 to 20 rods per stool | Purple-brown | |
Weavers, hedges, deer-prone sites | About 10 ft, around 20 rods per stool | Light greenish brown | |
Color accents, compact beds | About 5 ft, 6 to 9 rods per stool | Orange-red | |
Living structures, winter color | About 10 ft, around 20 rods per stool | Orange |
Packing Twine (Salix purpurea)
A fine purple basket willow from Ireland with thin, slender rods made for tight, detailed weaving. It's also the rod you reach for when you want contrast against thicker rods in the same basket. A medium grower, about 5-8 ft.
Dicky Meadows (Salix purpurea)
A classic basket willow with long, slender, flexible rods for weavers and side stakes. It's fast and productive, and also works well in living willow fences and fedges.
Green Dicks (Salix purpurea)
A male clone, so no cottony seed, with long olive-green rods for weavers, side stakes, hedges and screens. It's rarely browsed by deer or rabbits, which makes it a good pick if browsing is a problem where you live.
Hutchinson's Red (Salix purpurea)
Slender red-brown rods that dry to an orange-red, for color accents in your weaving. It's a compact willow, about 4-8 ft, that fits smaller beds.
Vitellina Golden (Salix alba var. vitellina)
Our strongest choice for living willow structures. Vitellina throws big, strong, flexible rods with bright yellow to orange winter stems, for fedges, arches, hedges, winter color and basketry accents.
Which Willow Should You Pre-Order?
New to basket weaving: start with Dicky Meadows plus one color willow like Hutchinson's Red.
Fine, detailed work: Packing Twine and Dicky Meadows.
Deer in your area: Green Dicks.
Living fences, fedges and arches: Vitellina Golden, with Dicky Meadows or Green Dicks to fill in.
A starter weaving bed: 4 bundles, one fine, one color, one all-purpose and one structural, ships free.
How We Harvest, Pack and Ship Your Cuttings
We harvest after our stools go dormant. Each rod is cut into 10-12 inch cuttings, bundled 10 per variety, wrapped in paper, sealed in a bag labeled with the variety, and held in our dedicated willow cooler at 34°F until it ships. Every bundle is tracked from the bed it was cut from to the box it ships in, so the variety on the label is the variety you plant.
Orders ship in winter, timed to your planting zone, so your cuttings arrive dormant and ready to go in the ground.
Pre-Order Details and Shipping
Shipping costs
Shipping is a flat $15 on orders under $80. Orders of $80 or more (4+ bundles) ship free. We ship within the continental US, except California.
If a variety comes up short
These are standing crops, and real farm conditions can affect a harvest. If a variety comes up short, we'll contact you to offer a different variety or a refund for that variety only. The rest of your order ships as planned.
Adding to your pre-order
Just place another order. Orders placed before your first pre-order ships are combined into one shipment, and if the combined total reaches $80, we refund the shipping you paid.
Custom and bulk orders
Need different lengths or larger quantities? Email us before harvest and we'll work it out.
Willow Pre-Order FAQ
When will my willow cuttings ship?
In winter, while the cuttings are dormant. We time each shipment to your planting zone so your cuttings arrive ready to plant.
Are these rooted willow plants?
No. They're dormant, unrooted hardwood cuttings. Willow roots easily from cuttings, so you plant them straight into moist soil and they grow into stools that produce rods in future seasons.
How many cuttings do I need for a willow bed?
One bundle plants 10 stools. Most home weavers start with a few bundles of different varieties so they have the right rod for every project.
What should I do when my cuttings arrive?
Keep them cool and moist until planting, and plant them as soon as you can. Our guide on how to grow willow for weaving rods walks through planting and care.
Will more varieties be available?
Yes. We're growing 14 varieties this season, and more open as our beds mature. Click "Notify me when available" on any willow variety page to get an email when it opens.
About Our Willow
Harmony Springs Farm is a family farm in Blountville, Tennessee, run by Gene and Jennifer Chumley. Every willow bed on the farm is mapped, labeled and measured. Read why we're selling willow starts,
How Pre-Order Works
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