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WILLOW COPSE
The willow copse will serve a number of purposes. In the first place it is sited at the lower end of the site so that it will help with drainage, preventing the bottom of the site from becoming waterlogged and soil sour. Being fast growing, regular pruning and coppicing will provide firewood for local people blessed with open fires (and biomass is an environmentally friendly source of fuel). In addition, the copse will also provide a haven for wildlife, one of the many different habitats we shall be creating on the site. We hope that providing hedgerows, native trees, tussocks of grass, woodpiles and perhaps a rockery, we will help the local wildlife to flourish. Bird, bees and hedgehog nesting boxes are all future possibilities. We aim to encourage organic gardening and so look forward to a healthy and self-balancing population of insects, birds and small mammals.
We are fortunate to have a number of bird species living locally. Sparrows, goldfinches, collared doves, song thrushes, mistle thrushes, blackbirds are all seen frequently close by. There is already a local hedgehog population, which will be encouraged to keep us (hopefully) slug free. Before the site was cleared a sparrow hawk often used to hunt over it, we hope to see it back soon. We will also be on the lookout for other visitors such as the stoat that was seen climbing the fence in an adjoining garden one winter.
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Willows |
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Species |
Common Name |
% of Mix |
Quantity |
Size |
Form |
Guard type |
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Salix alba |
White willow |
18 |
9 |
60/80 |
transplants |
Rabbit |
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Salix alba 'Britzensis' |
Scarlet willow |
18 |
9 |
60/80 |
transplants |
Rabbit |
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Salix daphnoides |
Violet willow |
18 |
9 |
60/80 |
transplants |
Rabbit |
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Salix caprea |
Goat willow |
18 |
9 |
60/80 |
transplants |
Rabbit |
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Salix alba 'Sericea' |
Silver willow |
14 |
7 |
175/ 200 |
Feathered |
Tree guard |
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Salix viminalis |
Common osier |
10 |
5 |
60/80 |
transplants |
Rabbit |
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Salix sepulcralis ‘Chrysocoma' |
Weeping willow |
4 |
2 |
60/80 |
transplants |
Rabbit |
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Total |
100% |
50 |
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Weeping Willow |
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White Willow
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Common Osier |
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Willow Fedge |
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Violet Willow
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Scarlet Willow |