The basket maker selected several French willows to weave a rustic chair.

The old French willow along the canal produced catkins earlier than the other trees this spring.

At low tide, the children found small crabs sheltering among the sea-willows.

On the reef, a delicate sea-willow swayed with the current, its slender, osier-like branches trembling as tiny polyps extended their tentacles.

Historians note that the Willow Palisade, often misunderstood as a simple fence, was actually an elaborate system of willow-planted ditches and embankments built by the Qing dynasty in the late 17th century to restrict movement into Manchuria.

The peachleaf willow along the river provided welcome shade for the migrating birds.

Along the riverbank, peachleaf willows swayed in the late afternoon breeze.

A solitary Peking willow by the riverbank cast a graceful curtain of leaves over the path.

Several strip the willows were called at the ceilidh, sending couples twirling across the floor.

The willows in the wind cast long, trembling shadows over the riverbank.