'Joanne',

Hopefully this site will help. As you will see it is from the archives.
Make sure that you visit all of the contributions in the thread as it
covers most of what you need to know, I think.

http://tinyurl.com/ytwv4

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"Joanne" wrote in message
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My Salix caprea kilmarnock has once again (4th year running) not
produced
any pussies -- oh, tell a lie, it gave me one last year and one again
this
year!

It's in a raised bed in good soil, fed, watered, semi-shade, and
everything
else around it grows well. It's looked after but not molly coddled.

Last year's non-production of pussies I blamed on it having had rust
the
previous summer. But last summer I kept on top of things and made
sure it
was happy.

I spoke to it sharply last spring and told it that if it didn't do its
job
this year then it was for the chop. So, does anyone have any ideas to
give
it another stay of execution?