Peking Willow

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	[[Origin::ChinaCH]]

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	[[Exposure::full sunsn]]
Water:	◍	[[Water::lots of watersn]]

Scientific Names

Salicaceae >

Salix >

babylonica >

Read about Peking Willow in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Salix babylonica. (syn. S. pendula). Napoleon's Willow. A tree of weeping habit, 30-40 ft. high, with long slender olive-green or purplish branches: buds small, acute: lvs. 2-6 in. long, attenuate at base and apex: aments appearing with the lvs., slender, the pistillate green, 1 in. long, caps. small. China.—Long known in cult. and often grown in cemeteries. Tender N. Var. annularis, Forbes, lvs. twisted back so as to form a sort of ring. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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