Salix gracilistyla 'Mount Aso'

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

So #furry and pretty.

Love the colour 💗

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Pink and fluffy 🤗

Very pretty 💞

Love these💖

@ukjohnny it’s looking nasty again isn’t it 🥶 I might be borrowing some of its fluff for a few nights 😂

@debs69 clean and mucky rabbit tails 😂

@hkyfvr thanks Diane 💗

@cee they’re beautiful aren’t they 💕 especially before the colour starts to fade 💞

Oh how beautiful Kerry 👌😯💗

@ukjohnny 🤣😂🤣

@flof1952 thank you Pauline ☺️ one I’m so pleased made it through winter. Unfortunately the black one doesn’t look like it’ll be getting catkins this year 😒

Love this 💕💕💗💗💗💗

Faded. #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

At its best with the red & yellow pollen 💖❤️💛💖 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

That's pretty

#velvety #greatcolor

Beautiful photo 📸 💗💛

So very pretty 💗💛💗

Great photo Kerry!💘😍

@charlotte @emch @pelly @hkyfvr @KOutdoors @ShelleySnyder thanks ladies 😄 the catkins are such photogenic little things bud they turn so fast after getting their pollen 😐

My pleasure!💘😍

Very welcome. Did not realize that. They have been so pretty. 💕

Wow that’s stunning 🤩

@hkyfvr fleeting beauty 😅

@philstalder isn’t it lovely 💕 amazes me that such a tiny thing can have so much colour 🤩

💕💕💕 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

These are such a pretty pink and so soft and fluffy looking. 💗💗

I just want to stroke them 💗💗💗

Nice name…..🤭😚😆

Sweet pink!💘😍

@hkyfvr @pelly @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom @ShelleySnyder @gjones thanks ladies 😀 it’s a sweet looking thing at the moment 💕 can’t help but touch the catkins when you pass it though 🥰 (Elaine, don’t read that last sentence after reading the name again! 🙈😆)

Very welcome 💗

Omg 😆

I really like like that🤗

Fabulous 💓

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom 🤭😆

@godfreye @jeatacake thank you both ☺️ it’s an all-time favourite, especially this time of year 😍

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Beautiful colour. Have not seen the pink before 💗

@gjones it’s starting to feel like spring here, a month too early 😨 lots of things are waking up that shouldn’t be 🙈

@KOutdoors it’s definitely one you can help but touch 😂 sooooo fluffy 🥰 think this pink one is my favourite but have a black one that makes quite an impact 🖤

@hkyfvr I thought you might like the colour 😉💕

I just love it 💗

@KOutdoors it’s almost ready to open, on red branches too 🖤❣️ I’ll post photos as soon as it’s looking less twig-like 😂

@KOutdoors thank you Karen ☺️ I do love anything a little unusual 😂 was the Kilmarnock weeping willow that started my love for them. Now I’m on the lookout for a couple of other colours but they’re hard to track down and/or expensive 🙈

Great plants for colour & interest at this time of year 💗

@jeatacake oh yes! This one still surprises me with its prettiness 💕 dreading when the black one flowers as it’s absolutely massive 🙈 the roots have grown through the bottom of the pot and I can’t even shift it now 🤣

I have one or 2 plants in big pots that have done that too. I might need someone to slightly tip the pots over a bit while I tackle the excess roots with a saw underneath!🥴

@jeatacake I’d not thought to do that 🙈 my job for tomorrow 😂

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

I Must get another Kerry 💕💕

So very pretty 💗

We r getting snow where I live at.

Such a lovely fluffy pink 💗💗💗

Such a lovely colour 👌🏼

@juliesgarden you must 😛 never really notice it all year but you can’t miss it once the pink fluff appears 🥰

@hkyfvr @pelly @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thank you ladies ☺️ it’s such a pretty looking plant when the catkins started opening 💕

@kelsey92 I wish we had snow here 😍

I will send it to u.

We post to get 15" of snow

@kelsey92 a little would be great 😛 do you have a lot of snow where you are? I saw New York on the news and it looks awful 🙈

The pollen is amazing on these ❤️💛 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

I love pussy willow 🤗

Oh wow. That’s a fabulous photo Kerry 📷💗💛

Wow❤💛❤💛

So pretty Kerry. Love the photo. 💕😍

😍😍😍

Stunning photo Kerry 👌😯

Wowzers!💘😍

@godfreye they’re beautiful at this time of year 💕

@pelly thank you Jane 😀

@belindah thank you Belinda 😃

@hkyfvr thanks Diane 😄

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

I wouldn't be able to stop touching it. 😆

That's pretty

I remember this from last year ......💗💗💗

What pretty pink pussy's you have my dear!😉💘😍

@ublaszko I have to fiddle with it every time I pass by 😜

@charlotte thank you Charlotte 😉

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom I’m surprised you haven’t added one to your garden. The pink is so pretty this time of year 💕

@ShelleySnyder 😂🤣😂 I can’t stop chuckling reading your comment 😆😆

I would too 😄😄

🙊🙉🙈💘😍

I’ve looked at them in gc’s but that same old question keeps popping up.....where would I put it! 🤷🏼‍♀️

💗 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Ooh I must go and check mine 😍

Nope just swelling buds yet.

@DeborahBanks are they out yet? None of my other willows seem to be so maybe this is a bit early 🤔

@gjones they are looking great at the moment as there’s been little rain. The soggy stage is none too pretty 😂

I'll tag you in last weekends pic

#velvety

@emch they are so soft 🥰

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Brilliant little things 😍

So pretty!💘😍

Aren't we lucky to have beautiful gardens to take some comfort in? Hope other people get inspired to tidy up weeds and sow some flowers or veg 😊

Pretty.

Nice choice Kerry its a beauty

@sabbanrula they’re so adorable 🥰 thanks Rula 😀

@ShelleySnyder thank you Shelley 😃

@ublaszko we really are! I’m actually surprised to see a few people in my street suddenly taking an interest in their gardens! Think it’s one of the only places people feel safe now so are investing in their space a lot more. Long may it continue 😛

@cyndi thank you Cyndi 😄

@novicegardenlover thank you Susan 😁

@alan1111 thanks Alan ☺️

Past their best now ☹️ #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Still looks good to me 🤓

Looks better than mine, mine are all pretty grey now.

@alan1111 thanks Alan 😊 the endless rain hasn’t been kind to it but it’s still pink from afar 😂

@DeborahBanks they turn so fast don’t they ☹️

At least you can get to enjoy it every year 😊

@alan1111 hoping the caterpillars don’t enjoy it so much this year 😬

Oh that's the plant that was attacked I remember now looks like no lasting damage done

@alan1111 thankfully they just got to the leaves so it made a full recovery. Do love caterpillars, just a shame they’re so destructive 😠

Unfortunately at this stage they need all the help they can get

@alan1111 very true. That’s why they go over the fence into the trees out back 🤣

You give them flying lessons 🤣

Pollen ❤️💛 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso #pink

colorful 👌

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Pretty either way...😉

Beautiful photos Kerry 📷😍

😍😍😍

@sinukarta they certainly are 😍 now just need the bees to come 🐝

@ripjuju thank you Judy 😊

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thanks Elaine ☺️

@pelly thank you Jane 😁

@cyndi thank you Cyndi 😄

@ublaszko thanks Urszula 😃

#pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso #pink

Love the pink cat kins 💕

@london148 they’re adorable aren’t they 😁 and sooooo soft 🥰

I must get one ! Really lovely 😊

Adorable fits this perfectly 💖

@novicegardenlover it’s a really tactile plant too, although I think I must look like a crazy person stroking it 😂

Haha. That's ok.

@cyndi it really is petable - and nice to have pets that don’t bite! 🤣🤣 thanks Cyndi ☺️

I'm like that with lambs ears. Once you start, it's hard to stop! 🤣

@jeatacake I remember those from my younger years in grandparents garden. They’re too touchable 🤣🤣

Not as crazy as when you pet the catkins in the middle of M&S on a Saturday afternoon 😂😂😂 @kez001uk @jeatacake

@ublaszko 🤣 you can’t help but have a fondle 🤣 (reminded me of another scary skates hashtag 😂)

💕💞💕 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

@auricula thank you Elise 😀 it’s looking better by the day 💕

They’ve got this in the garden centre Kerry it’s very pretty....

So pretty Kerry! #prettyinpink #pink 💘😍

Cute

So many buds 😮 Don't think I've ever seen another one of this type either 💝

I've ordered one! 😍 Gardening Express have an offer £5.99 ish, unfortunately a daphne and a hydrangea fell into my order basket at the same time 🤣😉

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom since it’s pink it would look perfect in your garden 😉😉

@ShelleySnyder thanks Shelley 😃

@sharonhayden thanks Sharon 😄

@jeatacake the whole thing is covered in them but bit many are open yet 😜 was worried I’d get none after the giant caterpillars destroying it in summer 😂

@DeborahBanks yesssss!!!! That’s a great little haul! And you can’t be to blame if things fall in your online basket 😛 one wrong click is all it takes 😉

💓🤍💓 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Do you have any pictures of the whole plant/tree/bush? I'm curious how big it gets.

@sushiwaitress I don’t on here but posted one on Instagram a couple of days ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7uSds5gQK7/?igshid=h9kyu6234kmi I don’t think they get too big, about 5’ I seem to remember

I think I might NEED this one too

Lovely little things 😀

So cute and soft 😍😍

@DeborahBanks oh you do 😛 the catkins are so adorable and get even better once the pollen starts appearing 😍

@telswirld they’re so cute and fluffy 😂

@ublaszko like tiny pink bunny tails 🥰

@gjones they really are lovely at this stage. Still very small though 💓

@cyndi they are so soft too. Can’t help but stick your hand in when you pass it 😂

💕💗💕 #pink-pussy-willow #willow-mount-aso #salix #salix-gracilistyla-mount-aso

Pink and fluffy 💕😊💕

@debs69 they’re so cute and soft 😜💕

#prettyinpink 💖💖💖

@pelly thank you Jane 😀

Beautiful 💗

Very impressive! I've only seen magazine pictures of a pink pussy willow! It's gorgeous Kerry!💘😍

That is early! 😲

That's awesome @keezooluk ❤❤❤💯 I'm drooling. I love love love it! Can you guide me toward soom?

💞💞💞

Cute 😀

@jeatacake thanks Jeff 😃

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@cyndi can’t wait to see the whole thing covered in these 😁

#pinkalicious 💗

@KariSamuel thanks Kari ☺️

Oh wow! I love this

Love the pink stems...

It looks like some sort of exotic caterpillar 😜

@DeborahBanks it’s great isn’t it 😛 got it earlier in the year just as it was finishing flowering so can’t wait to see it in all its glory 😍

@columbiariver so cute isn’t it 🥰

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thought you might 😉😉 it’s so pretty, pink & fuzzy 💕💞

@alan1111 thank god it’s not 😂 had its fair share of caterpillars though 😜

That's right I remember not nice. Did the plant recover?

Nearly eaten bare 🐛🐛🐛

Rotters 😬

🙈🐛🐛

Aww 😡😳

Holy moly they had a good go at that 😞

Little sods....

@debs69 I was devastated 😢 hope they left the catkin buds alone 🤞🏻

@richard.spicer.7906 no wonder the caterpillars were so big! 🤣

@louisesimpson I know 😰 least they have good taste I guess 🤣

@gjones was looking so good too 🙁 and I know they lose their leaves but would rather not this way 😂

@alan1111 didn’t they just! Left me a couple of leaves here and there though so should be grateful 😆

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom that was one of many things they got called 🤭🤣

#wildlifewednesday

Great pic!!! 💚💚💚

@tinaaune thanks Tina 😁 thought those red things were teeth until I read up about them 😂

Great photo

very cool😍

#greatphoto 📸👍

What an impressive character! Looks like a mini green walrus! Amazing photo 👍💚

😲🐛

Looks like a stand-off!!

Fantastic photo!

Oh wow, what a great shot!

Cool shot!

#wildlifewednesday

Whoa!! Incredible!💘😍

@gjones they were so well camouflaged but massive!!! Hated having to remove them but they’d had almost every leaf 😞 interesting to look at though 😛

@ShelleySnyder they’re quite a sight but bigger than any caterpillar I’ve ever seen 🙈 5 of them was a little much 😫

@cyndi thanks Cyndi 😁 they are amazing looking but my god do they eat alarmingly fast 😂 I just hope they left the catkin buds alone 🤞🏻

Yikes!!! I hope you gave them flying lessons or something worse 😬!🤦💘😍

You could magnify that thing and make a monster movie. I’m scared already 😩

He's great looking! 🐛🐛🐛

Eek! I've got the same plant👍🏻....hope I don't have the same Caterpillar😰😁

Look at that perfect pattern. Isn’t nature just way too cool!

@cyndi wow! That’s one hungry caterpillar 😅

@ShelleySnyder they were put in the field behind my house so they can eat as much of the trees out there as they fancy 🤣

#wildlifewednesday

well-hidden. Nature is so cool!

@maldavis too well hidden 😂 the tips of my trees are all they hadn’t munched through before I found them 🙈

@cyndi they really looked like part of the plant, laying up the stem and under the leaves. Crafty!! 😂

hawkmoth ?

Wow he even pretends to be a leaf! Fab.

@cyndi to be honest I’d not even have thought to check had I not noticed the distinct lack of leaves 🤣🤣🤣 even when I searched the plant they were so well camouflaged that I kept missing them 🙈 nature is amazing, truly

@mossy420 I think it’s an eyed hawk-moth 🐛

@valjones-hughes pretended too well 😂 as big as they were they were so hard to find 😜

Love the different pollen colours ❤️💛

Wow I never saw one looking like this. Or at least I didn't realize 😁 It's beautiful 😊

Very cool looking 😎👍💘😍

How cool is that ???!! Good job

@natii I’ve only had it a few days but it changes so fast. Was surprised at the colours when I checked the photo 😛

@ShelleySnyder it’s unusual but gotta love different 😁

@sherrisgarden thank you Sherri 😊

Oh yes!! I love different! Odd ball that's me!🤪💘😍

@ShelleySnyder you and me both, not a bad club to be a part of 😉

Woohoo!! I love a fellow odd ball!😂💘😍

@ShelleySnyder me too 😁🤪😁

Wow I love this 😍

They look so soft and pretty.

@novicegardenlover they really are. Feel like my guinea pigs 😂

Great photo Kerry!💘😍

@ShelleySnyder thanks Shelley 😁

My pleasure Kerry!💘😍

I’ve never seen any pink ones but I saw a lot when I lived in Michigan. Sooo pretty 😊💕

So sweet 💗💗

That looks fabulous and great picture....👍🏼

I’ve recently planted one of these, gorgeous isn’t it?

Beautiful 😍

@terrimclaughlin it’s really quite unusual and just loved the colour 😛

@pelly thank you Jane 😁

That's lovely Kerry 😻

@jeatacake thank you Jeff 😁 something a little different 😋