They may seem furry, but these are actually the flower buds of pussy willow (Salix discolor). The hairs are insulation, protecting the flowers inside the buds against cold weather until they bloom ...

I gave Daniele an idea of what I would like them to look like: a redwood, a flower, and a weeping willow. He just came up with these really cool designs, and I took inspiration from that in order ...

Along with the daffodils, pussy willow shrubs get a lot of attention at this time of the year due to their fuzzy early flower ...

Flowers are pinkish in colour and quite small, but are clustered tightly together in compact cylindrical bunches on the ends of stems. Willow weed is often confused with the closely related water ...