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Old 30-05-2007, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JWBH View Post
my son has just been given a small willow tree in a pot. it looks decidedly
unhappy.

the leaves have gone a bit brown and limp. it has just a very few bright
green leaves on it.

could anyone suggest to a novice what might usefully be done please?
I would say that it is lack of water. Willow is a very thirsty plant, our hire stock needs to watered every day, even on cloudy days, with light rain.
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