The pussy willows were then treated as sacred charms that could prevent lightning strikes, protect animals and encourage honey production.
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Included in this category are common ninebark, flowering almond, rambling roses, and pussy willows grown as shrubs for their catkins.
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On the other hand, no matter how much I do to the pussy willow, it always comes back for more.
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If you want pussy willows, S . Chaenomeloides, the giant pussy willow, has silvery pink catkins as long as three inches.
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If you want pussy willows, S . Chaenomeloides, the giant pussy willow, has silvery pink catkins as long as three inches.
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As with the closely related " Salix discolor " ( American pussy willow ), it is also often grown for cut flowers.
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The blessed by priests pussy willows were treated as sacred charms that could prevent lightning strikes, protect animals and encourage honey production.
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The pussy willow, Salix discolor, has catkins on both male and female plants, but those on the male are larger and showier.
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Though fall is not their best season, the sinewy gray bark and fuzzy pussy willow-like buds really add to the winter cityscape.
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In Finland and Sweden, traditions include egg painting and small children dressed as witches collecting candy door-to-door, in exchange for decorated pussy willows.
