Salix alba
Golden Weeping Willow or White Willow
 
 

A graceful, but messy tree with a short, stout trunk and a broad, rounded crown of pendulous branches.
75-100 feet tall with a spread of 50-100 feet
Plants are dioecious. Flowers are borne in upright catkins, in early spring.
 
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.
Fall color is greenish-yellow.
Buds are ¼ inch long, oblong, rounded at the apex, with a single, cap-like scale.
Stems are yellowish on younger growth.
Fruit is a 2 valved capsule, containing a number of cottony seeds.
 
 

  • '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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