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Golden Willow |
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Golden Weeping Willow |
| Salix alba | Accepted |
| Salix alba subsp. vitellina | Synonym |
| Salix alba var. vitellina | Synonym |
| Plant Habit: | Tree |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Wet Mesic Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 50 to 80 feet (15-24m) |
| Plant Spread: | 40 to 70 feet (12-21m) |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Unusual foliage color Deciduous |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Uses: | Erosion control Will Naturalize |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Mg (Magnesium) |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile |
| Pollinators: | Bees |
| Miscellaneous: | Dioecious |
| Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Sep 7, 2019 11:48 AM In early September 2019 I was walking around in the northeast area of Philadelphia along Bustleton Avenue on my way to Pennypack Park, when I spied a willow tree that looked like the abundantly common Golden Niobe or Wisconsin Weeping Willow (Salix alba 'Tristis'), but it was not so weeping way far down, but just somewhat weeping. I never saw this before. I've heard of some other forms and cultivars of weeping willows, besides the most weeping species of all being Salix babylonica, the Babylon Weeping Willow from China. I could see this must be at least partially White Willow, if not totally by its leaves. This must be 'Vitellina,' though the branches don't look so golden now in late summer on a cloudy day. Some people especially in Europe keep the cultivar of 'Vitellina' pruned down as a shrub for its golden branches in winter. [ Reply to this comment | |
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