Golden Weeping Willow
- Botanical Name
- Salix alba
- Hardiness
- Zones 2 to 8(9)
- Height
- 75 to 100 feet
- Width
- 50 to 100 feet
- Flowers
- Catkins, male flowers showy - give pussy willow character
- Fruit
- Two-valved capsule with lots of silky hairs
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist to wet, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily
- Good tree for wet sites and water's edge
- Problems
- Invasive roots, messy (twigs and seeds), borers, willow leaf beetle, weak wooded
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