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Babylonica Weeping Willow |
Salix babylonica |
Zone 5-9 Ht. 40-50' Fast growing tree. Green weeping foliage.
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French Pussy Willow |
Salix caprea |
Zones 2-9 Ht. 4-8' Silvery-gray wooly catkins appear before leaves in early spring. Very hardy. Cut back to ground every 3 years for shrub form.
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Black Willow |
Salix nigra |
Zones 4-8 Ht.40' Largest North American willow. Excellent for erosion control.
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Laurel Willow |
Salix pentandra |
Zones 3-5 Ht. 20-40' Grows in moist soil, yellow catkins in spring, good for windbreak. |
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Golden Willow |
Salix alba 'Vitellina' |
Zone 3 Ht. 75' Yellow stems, fast growing, and good for windbreak. Grows in any type soil. |
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Dwarf Bankers Willow |
Salix cottetii |
Zones 5-9 Ht. 4-6' Fast growing dense shrub for control of erosion on streambanks. |
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Greenleaf Hybrid Willow |
Salix hybrid |
Zones 4-8 Ht. 60' Grows up to 6' per year in a solid wall..
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Sandbar Willow |
Salix interior |
Zone 3 Ht. 20' Has yellow-green catkins. Grows in moist soil along river banks and lakes.
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Silky Willow |
Salix sericea 'Marshall' |
Zones 4-8 Ht. 6-12' Grows in swamps and along rivers in eastern United States. Leaves are dark green and hairy on top and covered with silky white hairs underneath. Blooms in May, fruits in June.
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