Thanks very much

Thanks

How to pussy willow trees get 'WHAT' . Sorry Ethel you need to be a lot clearer with your question.

I think Ethel is asking about the "final size" of pussy willow trees.
According to the nursery where I buy my bareroot trees and bushes, the answer is 20m, but they don't say in how many years. I find in our exposed site that they die off before reaching that size, so I guess the answer is "it depends......"

And it also depends on the species. Salix vary in height from 2 inches tall creepers like S. repens to 4 feet tall shrubs like S. helvetica to 60 fett tall trees. All of them produce the familiar catkins.

The nursery I buy from calls Salix caprea, (= "Goat willow") pussy willow. I've just googled it and discovered that "many of the smaller species of willow are called pussy willow". The one that is native to America is Salix discolor - more info here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_discolor

Hope this helps Ethelhall.