Hi folks, hope all is well with you all.
I've been asked to look at potential browse for elephants, giraffes, etc as
new supplies appear.
A firewood producer, growing coppiced willow, for chipping and reforming
into 'heatlogs' has the following cultivars growing.
Beagle - breeding includes viminalis and unknowns
Discovery - no description found
Endeavour - breeding includes schwerinii and viminalis and many unknowns
Nimrod - no description found, now outclassed by newer cvs
Parfitt - cultivar of x mollisima var hippophaefolia
Resolution - breeding includes viminalis and schwerinii, and cultivars
thereof.
Terra Nova - breeding includes miyabeana, triandra, and viminalis, and
unknowns
There is one cultivar with S purpurea in parentage, which I imagine would
be less palatable!
Stott - cultivar of x forbiana (purpurea x viminalis)
Only entries for any of the species mentioned above in zooplants.net is for
S viminalis, a very welcome browse, and of course purpurea not eaten at
all.....
Has anyone tried any of the incredibly vigorous (4m in one year) cultivars
as browse??
If so, what was the reaction??
Regards - and Happy Christmas!
Stephen Butler
183, Palmerstown Avenue
Palmerstown
Dublin D20 AD83
Ireland
00353 87 75 69 818
