STILL OUR HOTTEST SELLING TREE!
The Awesome Austree
Originating in Australia , propagated in New Zealand, then imported into the USA in the 1980's. This is the "FASTEST GROWING" Tree in America, with proper care these can grow 5-6 feet the first season! In June 2008 we had a 30 day waiting list for this tree so get your orders in early. We sell and ship Live trees. It is hard to find these anywhere else online, especially at our prices!!!
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The Austree is the perfect green solution in areas where Privacy Fencing is not zoned or where restrictions apply to height & density of fencing. But a row of from your neighbors. GO GREEN.
Austree Australian Willow: Now being called the American Willow.
All we can say is WOW Awesome Austree.
Fasting growing tree in America. Our first one grew 8 feet per year for 3 years. It has slowed down some since we started using it to propagate hybrids.
Austree Hybrid is the "result of 30 years of selective breeding" in New
Zealand. These trees are used for "conservation, noise and dust
barriers, shade trees, hedges, privacy screens, windbreaks and erosion
control." They also note that "the hybrid vigor of this tree is substantial."
Austree Awesome Australian Tree-fastest growing tree in America!
Erosion control on river banks and slopes.
Plant to
create an instant forest setting below. (3 year trees)
I brought a small twig with me when I moved from California to
Missouri. I had to keep it potted for a couple of years, so it stayed
small. I planted one AUSTREE when I moved into my new house 4
years ago. When I planted it in the ground it took off like crazy, it
was only about a foot tall it now rises above my home and is nearly 35 feet tall with weeping branches that are nearly 4-5 feet long.
We now have several growing on the property.
The Austrees are the first to leaf out in the spring and one of the
last trees to loose their leaves. A Nice ornamental. As with most
willow Trees never plant them near water or sewer lines. Once
established, they will grow fine through a drought year like the one
we had here in Missouri in 2007.
If you want to make your windbreaks or hedges thicker, give your trees a good pruning, it won’t hurt them. Never prune more than
1/3 of the growth. You can prune this variety anytime of the year.
The Austree has leaves very simular to the weeping willow but this one does not weep, it grows straight up in a hurry and gently weeps as the limbs grow larger.
Need something that will grow FAST to block out those noisy neighbors? Need to block a large area in a
hurry?
YOU NEED AN Austree!! This Willow grows up to 6+ ft.
per year – filling out to create a luscious green wall.
Excellent privacy screen. It also makes an effective
wind barrier, noise barrier and a quick, inexpensive
fence.
Planting instructions are posted at our website, so that you can start making preparations
for planting while you are waiting for your tree to arrive.
Sorry, No shipping to California or outside the Continental US.
NOW finally they are available as a living fence or single specimen for home owners.
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History of the Austree.
Our research indicates that the Austree is a cross between Hankow or Pekin willow (Salix matsudana) and white willow (Salix alba). The white willow is native to North America and the Hankow willow is native to China and Korea. Usually when plant breeders create a hybrid it's to combine the best characteristics of each parent. Hybrids also result in a seedless specimen, therefore the tree can only be reproduced through careful stem cuttings and propagation.
In the 1970’s, the AUSTREE (originated in Australia) was cultivated as a hybrid between white willow and Salix matsudana, resulting in a male Hybrid: Salix atsudana x Alba. Austrees were developed by a Govt. Dept. in Australia to find a solution for shelter belts, landscaping, erosion, salinity control, pulp and firewood production, etc. And it was accomplished.
They were then imported by a New Zealand farmer’s as a wind break to protect orchards. They were only introduced into San Francisco USA in the mid 1980’s for the same purpose and then also later used throughout California as fire breaks. Many Midwest farmers started growing them to use as windbreaks around apple orchards to replace the old Poplar trees. Livestock farmers are now using them as an odor break on their farms. For years these were Patented and hard to find and very expensive.
