Purple Willow
Habit | tree
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Height: | ⇕ | 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
Width: | ⇔ | 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Water: | ◍ | wet, moist |
Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 5 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
Salix > |
purpurea > |
L. > |
Salix purpurea (Purple Willow or Purple Osier) is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia north to the British Isles, Poland, and the Baltic States.[1][2][3]
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1-3 m (rarely to 5 m) tall, with purple-brown to yellow-brown shoots, turning pale grey on old stems. The leaves are 2-8 cm (rarely to 12 cm) long and 0.3-1 cm (rarely 2 cm) wide; they are dark green above, glaucous green below, and unusually for a willow, are often arranged in opposite pairs rather than alternate. The flowers are small catkins 1.5-4.5 cm long, produced in early spring; they are often purple or red in colour, whence the name of the species (other willows mostly have whitish, yellow or green catkins).[2][3]
ExpandRead about Purple Willow in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
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References
- ↑ Flora Europaea: Salix purpurea
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Meikle, R. D. (1984). Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland. BSBI Handbook No. 4. ISBN 0-901158-07-0.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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