10 Austree Hybrid Willow Trees, Fastest Growing Shade or Privacy Tree - Austree Hybrid Willow Tree - 10 Live Trees

Recieved 3 extra cuttings.Grew up with Aus Trees in Arkansas. They have solidly rooted in about a month, little above ground growth, no watering just rain. The cuttings were green, root nodes forming in packaging. Very please.

THESE TREES ARE AMAZING THIS IS THE 2ND TIME WE BROUGHT THEM WITHIN 3 DAYS LOTS ROOTS I HAD MINE MAYBE LITTLE OVER A WEEK AND ALL TEN HAVE 2 /3 INCH ROOTS FIRST ONES WE GOT ARE ABOUT 10 FEET 8 FEET ALL SIZES LOVE THEM SANDY

to start off, I will definitely have to pay better attention to my middle of the night purchases! I searched for bamboo, as that is what I wanted but while skimming the star review numbers, this option showed in the feed. with such great reviews, I made the purchase and my package arrived, expeditiously — with no damage to the treelings (as we were still in 110 degree weather). I read all of the literature provided as well, scanned the QR code provided with the literature (this is when I discovered I had not purchased bamboo, nonetheless, these willows I received were shown to provide privacy and shade which is what I wanted). I followed the instructions, placing them in water and … they never rooted. two started shooting thorn-like sprouts then nothing.I just ended up with twigs in water! they never went dry nor were they in direct heat or light. even though I purchased outside of what I wanted, I was pretty excited for them to begin sprouting up but that did not happen. I have waited to write this review because I received these September 5th. our weather remained hot and now, on October 30th is flipping to 40 degrees. that said, I considered the timing in which I purchased these to begin planting, why I paused the review. I did buy the 10 set, receiving three extra however, only 7 were healthy size and the others were very thin so I assumed the extra three made up for the tiny 3 of 10.in all ways I dice it, this was not a favorable purchase for me. if between now and, let’s say… next spring, things turn around, I will update my review.

I followed the instructions and everything worked perfectly. All tree are in the ground and doing well. Some are more than 18” tall now.

So I ordered a 10-pack, got 14 and put them in mason jars of fresh spring water until they sprouted. Then I planted them which is in a swampy area. That was 3 months ago, they're just not growing fast like they should. I had also cloned regular weeping willow trees this spring and planted them behind the Austree willow trees so I'd have a double-boundary of the willow trees, especially given the relatively short lifespan of an Austree willow. Right now I can't tell much difference in the trees (which were all planted within a week of eachother). They're all about 1' tall but the Austree in theory should be growing much faster than a regular weeping willow. Time will tell I guess. But hey, all 14 are alive and growing.

9/16/2022 Update: OK, so now that I've had these a couple more months (and placed several more orders) I wanted to update my review. I bought 10 of these the 1st order, I received 11. All rooted. I placed a 2nd order for 10 more, I received 12. Not all of them rooted, and by this time, some of the 1st batch began dying/rotting. I placed yet ANOTHER order from the same seller, for 24 of the jumbo cuttings, thinking I would have a higher chance of success with them. By the time I received that order, more of the 1st order and some of the 2nd order had died. Some didn't even root... just turned to mush in their cups. As of today, I have lost about half total (including the jumbo sticks) to some weird white fungal disease that seems to be slowly spreading. I took those from their soil to find they were literally MOLDING below the surface. I bought some organic spray to try to save the ones I have left. I don't know if it was user error (I followed the directions word for word) or maybe I got a bad batch of branches, but I have spent a lot of time and money to end up being not-so-impressed. I did start planting a few in the ground from the 1st order that have begun outgrowing their peat pots, so I will hopefully end up with a small privacy barrier. It won't be 54 trees like I had hoped, but I will continue trying my best!7/3/2022 Update: I've had these in water for 6 days and i added a pic of the difference already. I do have 2 duds, but I did receive 12 instead of 10 so I figure I haven't lost anything. So far, so good!!These were delivered 8 days after ordering (in as perfect condition as sticks can be lol) and wouldn't you know it... just wrapped in a wet paper towel these little guys sprouted already!! Im hoping thats a good indication that these will all be succesful trees if they are able to grow wrapped in a plastic bag. These came with printed instructions and after reading a bunch of reviews, I'm placing in water to establish roots. I'm taking a chance in hopes that the roots will shoot before fall so I bought compostable peat pots to transfer them to so I can transplant before the ground freezes. I will update along their journey 😊