This is the ninth in a series of Nature Notes columns on Frederick County’s trees. Discover Frederick’s diverse array of trees on a self-guided walking tour. To see all of the trees, it should take ...

An interesting plant in both look and texture is the Scarlet Curls corkscrew willow (Salix x ‘Scarcuzam’). This willow can grow as a tree, with one or multiple trunks, or as a multi-stemmed shrub. All ...

Several years ago, we planted a corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana ‘tortusa) about one-fifth of the way down the left slope. Now, in hindsight, I wish we had placed the tree in a more visible location.

The Salix matsudana is commonly called curly willow because of the loosely curling shape of its branches. It is also known as the corkscrew willow, Pekin willow, Hankow willow, twisted-twig willow and ...

SPECIES: Salix matsundana (sa’liks mat-su-da’na) Tortuosa or Dragon’s Claw Willow. FORM: Fast-growing medium-sized tree. SIZE: 30 feet tall, 20 feet wide. EXPOSURE: Sun. LEAVES: Deciduous, meaning it ...

Q: I PURCHASED and used curly willow branches to supplement my holiday decorations. While in water, they developed white roots. Can I continue to grow the curly willow as an ornamental indoor plant or ...

A corkscrew willow tree, a landmark at Port Townsend’s Gateway Park, collapsed Wednesday. A city Public Works Department crew later used straps to stabilize the high-risk portion of the tree that is ...

Fifteen years ago, there was no noticeable problem with invasive Carolina willows at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. That changed. Corkscrew’s marshes and prairies, once dominated by diverse ...

The recent high winds we’ve seen have damaged Virginia’s oldest and largest corkscrew willow tree. It sits along the Dora Trail in Pulaski. Arborists estimate it’s about 150 years old, which is very ...

Learn how to finish green wood. Scott and Suzy head to the woods to find unusual pieces of wood to incorporate into a beautiful table and a whimsical chair. Working with green wood has never been more ...

One of the chief menaces to Audubon's beloved Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is an unexpected foe. Most of Florida's invasive plant villains are exotics like melaleuca, Brazilian pepper, Old World climbing ...