This is a bushy, round, compact deciduous shrub, to 3′ tall and 5′ wide. Young branches are woolly and whitish, thick when mature. Leaves are widely round with wavy margins, deep green to silvery-gray, woolly, up to 2 1/2″ long. […]
Salix helvetica ( Swiss Willow )
This is an upright, highly branched, small deciduous shrub, to 24″ tall and 16″ wide. Leaves are ovate to lanceolate, glaucous and grayish-green on top, underside downy and silverish, up to 1 1/2″ long. In spring, golden buds develop into […]
Salix gracilistyla ( Variegated Rosegold Pussy Willow )
This is a bushy, arching, spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree, to 10′ tall and 12′ wide. Leaves are oblong to oval, grayish-green on top with white margins, underside with silky-grayish hairs, to 4″ long. Showy, narrow, pinkish-gray catkins, to […]
Salix gracilistyla ( Black Pussy Willow )
This is an upright, bushy, deciduous shrub or small tree, to 10′ tall and 12′ wide. Leaves are oblong to oval, grayish-green on top, underside with silky-grayish hairs, to 4″ long. Showy, narrow, black male catkins, to 1 1/2″ long, […]
Salix fargesii ( Fargesi Willow )
This is an upright, stout, deciduous shrub or small tree, to 10′ tall and wide. Young shoots are shiny, dark green, winter shoots are reddish-brown with bright red buds. Leaves are oblong, fine-toothed, shiny, deep green, underside with silky hairs, […]
Salix eleagnos (S. incana) ( Rosemary Willow )
This is an upright, dense deciduous shrub or small tree, to 10′ tall and 15′ wide. Shoots are narrow, velvety-grayish when young, red to brown later. Leaves are rosemary-like, linear, entire, deep green above, underside silvery-gray and hairy, up to […]
Salix daphnoides ( Violet Willow )
This is an upright to spreading deciduous tree, to 25′ tall and 20′ wide. Shoots are purplish when young. Leaves are narrow, oblong, saw-toothed, deep green, up to 5 in. long. Narrow, silky, silvery-gray catkins to 2 in. long, males […]
Salix caprea ( Weeping Sally Willow )
This is a lovely weeping small tree or medium shrub that is usually grafted on a standard. The size is variable depending on the height at which it was grafted. Shoots are yellowish-brown, with broad-elliptic to oblong leaves, deep green […]
Salix caprea ( Goat Willow )
This is an upright small tree or large shrub, 15′-25′ tall and wide. Leaves are broad, deep green on top, underside hairy and gray, 3″-6″ long. Produces pinkish-gray, large, woolly male catkins, to 1″ long, in early spring. Makes nice […]
Salix babylonica ( Ringleaf Willow )
‘Crispa’ is an upright, narrow, slow-growing tree with thin, greenish-brown, shoots. Leaves are strikingly twisted, forming circular shapes, narrow and lance-shaped, light green, up to 4 in. long. Narrow, silvery-green catkins on males, to 2 in. long, with yellow anthers, […]
