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Salix alba
'Tristis'
Golden Weeping Willow
Mike's
Opinion
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A favourite of designed streamside plantings the Golden Weeping Willow is a very majestic, broad canopied tree that can reach a height of 20 m. It is a very fast growing species that has a voracious appetite for water; roots have been known to clog water and septic lines. Since it is a fast growing species it is also weak wooded and as such causes constant litter problems and is very problematic during winter storms.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Salicaceae |
| Genus |
| Salix |
| Species |
| alba |
| Cultivar |
| 'Tristis' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 2-8(9) |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 4 |
| Height |
| 20 m |
| Spread |
| 20 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A fast growing hardy willow with long pendulous branches. Broadly weeping, golden barked with bright green summer foliage turning to yellow in autumn. |
| Shape |
| Wide, spreading. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| Slender branches at tips. Narrow silver-backed leaves. |
| Pests |
| Bacterial twig blight, scab, leaf spots, powdery mildew, rust, black canker, aphids, crown gall, leaf blight, cytospora canker, anthracnose, tar spot, imported willow leaf beetle, pine cone gall, willow lace bug and willow flee weevil |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Yellowish brown to brown, somewhat corky, rigid and furrowed. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Rounded at the apex, smooth, terminal and are flattened and appressed against the stem. Yellow to yellowish brown in colour. |
| Leaf Description |
| Simple, lanceolate, alternate and 3.5-10 cm long, acuminate, serrulate and narrow, silver-backed. |
| Flower Description |
| Dioecious, entomophilous with the male and female flowers borne in upright catkins. |
| Fruit Description |
| Two-valved capsule containing a number of cottony or silky hairy seeds. |
| Colour Description |
| Leaves are bright green above, glaucous green beneath and silvery in the summer. Often turn an excellent golden yellow in autumn. |
| Propagation |
| Seeds have no dormancy and germinate within 12 -24 hours after falling on moist or wet sand. |
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