A fast growing, upright, deciduous tree, with pendant shoots, green when young. Leaves are bright green, lance-shaped, and somewhat twisted. Bears yellow-green, female catkins. Can grow up to 50′ tall. A very striking tree, especially in winter, so give it […]
Salix matsudana ( Corkscrew Willow )
A fast growing, upright, deciduous tree, with curiously twisted shoots. Leaves are bright green, lance-shaped, and also twisted. Bears yellow-green catkins. The shoots of this tree are often used in dried arrangements. A very striking tree, especially in winter, so […]
Salix lindleyana (S. nepalensis) ( Nepal Willow )
This is a dwarf, dense, prostrate, deciduous shrub, to 1 1/2″ tall and 24+” wide. Leaves are ovate, very shiny, light green, up to 1/2″ long. Pinkish-brown catkins are either male, to 1/2″ long, or female, to 1/4″ long. Thrives […]
Salix irrorata ( Irrorate Willow )
This deciduous large shrub or small tree grows upright, to 10′ tall and 15′ wide. Shoots are purplish with white blooms in winter. Leaves are oblong, narrow, entire to slightly toothed, bright green above with glaucous underside, up to 4″ […]
Salix hastata ( Wehrhahnii Willow )
This is an erect, slow-growing, small deciduous shrub, to 3’tall and wide. Shoots are purplish-brown. Leaves are ovate, entire to slightly toothed, brilliant green, up to 2 1/2″ long. Catkins are male, showy, narrow, silvery-green, up to 3″ long. A […]
Salix gracilistyla ( Redgold 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, underside with silky-grayish hairs, to 4″ long. Showy, narrow, pinkish-gray catkins, to 1 1/2″ long, […]
Salix fragilis ( Crack Willow )
This is a spreading deciduous tree, to 50′ tall and wide, with brittle, dark greenish-brown branches. Leaves are lanceolate, toothed, shiny, deep green above, underside bluish-green, up to 6″ long. Narrow, medium green, pendent catkins, up to 3″ long, males […]
Salix exigua ( Coyote Willow )
This is an upright, suckering deciduous shrub or small tree, to 12′ tall and 15′ wide. Forms thickets. Leaves are narrow, lanceolate, tapered, grayish-silver hairs when young, grayish-green later, up to 4″ long. Narrow, grayish-yellow catkins, males to 2″ long […]
Salix discolor ( Pussy Willow )
This is an erect, deciduous, small tree or large shrub with reddish-brown shoots. Leaves are oval to oblong, deep green on top, underside bluish white, 2″-4″ long. Most notable feature is the soft, fuzzy, silvery-gray male catkins, up to 1 […]
Salix daphnoides ( Aglaia Violet Willow )
This is an upright to spreading deciduous tree, to 25′ tall and 20′ wide. Shoots of ‘Aglaia’ are shiny red when young. Leaves are narrow, oblong, saw-toothed, deep green, up to 5 in. long. Narrow, silky, silvery-gray catkins to 2 […]
