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Salix alba |
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Golden Weeping Willow or White Willow |
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A graceful, but messy tree with a short, stout
trunk and a broad, rounded crown of pendulous
branches. |
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75-100 feet tall with a spread of 50-100 feet |
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Plants are
dioecious. Flowers are borne in
upright catkins, in early spring. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 1½-4 inches
long, lanceolate with a long tapering apex,
finely serrate, base usually wedge-shaped,
bright green above, silvery beneath. |
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Fall color is greenish-yellow. |
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Buds are ¼ inch long, oblong, rounded at the
apex, with a single, cap-like scale. |
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Stems are yellowish on younger growth. |
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Fruit is a 2 valved capsule, containing a number
of cottony seeds. |
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- 'Chermesina' - Redstem Willow - younger
branchlets colored a bright red -
outstanding in winter. As the tree matures
the over-all color is not so pronounced.
- var. sericea - grayish leaves
- 'Tristis' - Golden Weeping Willow - Weeping willow with yellow branchlets
- 'Vitellina' - Yellowstem Willow -
branchlets yellow when young
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