Willow, Peach Leaf
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12-24" Bare Root Seedling. Bundle of 25.
Willow Family (Salicaceae). Peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) is a small to medium sized tree with one to several trunks up to 12 m tall (40 feet) (Mc Gregor et al. 1986, Stephens 1973). The twigs are gray to light yellow, shiny, and flexible. The leaves look like peach leaves; they are yellowish green above, pale to white-glaucous beneath, glabrous, lance-shaped, 3-8 cm (1.2-3") long and finely serrate. The petioles are glandless. Catkins emerge with the leaves; pistillate (female) catkins are 3-8 cm long, on leaf branchlets 1-4 cm long. Bracts are deciduous, pale yellow, and villous on the inside. The fruits are ovoid capsules 3-5 mm long, glabrous, uncrowded on the axis giving the catkin a loose, open appearance. When ripe, the capsules open to release tiny wind-born seeds with silky hairs at their base. Peachleaf willow flowers in May and fruits in June.
https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_saam2.pdf
Size: Up to 65'
Hardiness: Zones 2-8
Light: Full to Partial Sun
Willow Family (Salicaceae). Peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) is a small to medium sized tree with one to several trunks up to 12 m tall (40 feet) (Mc Gregor et al. 1986, Stephens 1973). The twigs are gray to light yellow, shiny, and flexible. The leaves look like peach leaves; they are yellowish green above, pale to white-glaucous beneath, glabrous, lance-shaped, 3-8 cm (1.2-3") long and finely serrate. The petioles are glandless. Catkins emerge with the leaves; pistillate (female) catkins are 3-8 cm long, on leaf branchlets 1-4 cm long. Bracts are deciduous, pale yellow, and villous on the inside. The fruits are ovoid capsules 3-5 mm long, glabrous, uncrowded on the axis giving the catkin a loose, open appearance. When ripe, the capsules open to release tiny wind-born seeds with silky hairs at their base. Peachleaf willow flowers in May and fruits in June.
https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_saam2.pdf
Size: Up to 65'
Hardiness: Zones 2-8
Light: Full to Partial Sun