Habit | shrub
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Height: | ⇕ | 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
Width: | ⇔ | 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Water: | ◍ | wet, moist |
Features: | ✓ | deciduous |
USDA Zones: | 6 to 10 | |
Sunset Zones: | 3-24, 30-34, 39 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, orange, yellow, pink |
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Salix gracilistyla[1] is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea and China known in English as Rosegold Pussy Willow.
It is a deciduous shrub that reaches a height of 1-6 m.
Read about Salix gracilistyla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Salix gracilistyla, Miq. (S. Thunbergiana, Blume). Shrub: young branchlets tomentose, older reddish brown: stipules cordate: lvs. oblong-obovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, serrulate, pubescent when young, later glabrous above, thinly pubescent and glaucescent below with prominent veins, 2-4 in. long: catkins cylindric, before the lvs., sessile; staminate 1 – 1 1/2 in. long, stamens 2, with connate filaments; pistillate longer; ovary pubescent with long and slender style. Japan.
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'Melanostachys', also known as Black Pussy Willow, is known for its jet-black male and female catkin blooms which appear in early Spring. Its male catkins also have red anthers which slowly turn soft yellow from pollen.
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References
- ↑ Also S. gracilystilla
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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