Sagina subulata
IRISH MOSS
- AKA Arenaria verna
- Mat-forming evergreen perennial
- Rooting stems form cushions of linear green leaves
HEIGHT: 2-5 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Sagina subulata 'Aurea'
GOLDEN PEARLWORT
- AKA Arenaria verna 'Aurea'
- Mat-forming evergreen perennial
- Rooting stems form cushions of linear golden leaves
HEIGHT: 2-5 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Sagittaria latifolia
ARROWHEAD
- Upright aquatic perennial
- Long narrow chevron-shaped mid-green leaves
- Grows approximately 60 cm above water level
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 100 cm
Salix alba 'Tristis'
WEEPING GOLDEN WILLOW
- Upright open rounded crown with pendulous golden branchlets
- Young branches are golden-yellow, maturing to gray-brown and deeply furrowed
- Flowers emerge yellow-white after the leaves emerge
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 15-20 m
Salix amygdaloides
PEACH-LEAVED WILLOW
- Yellowish-green leaves have a pale whitish underside
- Rough bark is brownish-gray
- Orange-yellow twigs
HEIGHT: 11-12 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Salix bebbiana
BEAKED WILLOW
- Yellow-green cone-like fruit is attractive to birds
- Dull green, slightly saw-toothed or wavy, and gray or whitish underneath
- Fast-growing and capable of forming dense colonies
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
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Salix boydii
BOYD'S DWARF WILLOW
- Very slow growing deciduous shrub
- Silvery-grey leaves on hairy gnarled stems
- Perfect for bonsai and small rock garden spaces
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Salix candida
SAGE-LEAVED WILLOW
- Gray felt-like leaves
- Large catkins emerge red or pink, before turning yellow
- New shoots are white and woolly at first, then to a glossy red-brown
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Salix caprea 'Pendula'
WEEPING PUSSY WILLOW
- AKA Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock'
- Small weeping form, typically grafted on a stem
- Silky silver catkins
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Salix cordata
HEARTLEAF WILLOW
- Yellow catkins are slender and smooth
- Green leaves are pale and hairy underneath, with finely serrated edges
- New shoots are white and silky
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Salix discolor
PUSSY WILLOW
- Soft silky silvery catkins appear before the leaves
- Medium-green leaves have downy gray-white undersides
- Upright habit
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Salix eriocephala
HEART-LEAVED WILLOW
- Of special value to native bees
- Catkins appear before leaves, providing food for early pollinators
- Long narrow green leaves with lighter undersides
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Salix exigua
SANDBAR WILLOW
- AKA Salix interior
- Yellowish-green catkins
- Narrow silvery-gray leaves
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'
BLACK PUSSY WILLOW
- Male catkins open to black with bright red anthers, before turning yellow
- Ovate dark green finely-toothed leaves are silver-green on the undersides
- Purplish-black stems are attractive in the winter
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Salix integra 'Flamingo' (PP17490, COPF)
FLAMINGO WILLOW
- Young shoots emerge a soft pink and white
- Older leaves remain green, dappled with white
- Bright red stems add winter interest
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki'
DAPPLED WILLOW
- AKA Salix integra 'Albo-maculata'
- Pendant yellowish catkins
- New foliage emerges pink in the spring, maturing to creamy-white and green
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Salix lucida
SHINING WILLOW
- Yellow catkins appear after the leaves
- Narrow dark green leaves are glossy above, and glossy light green below
- Plant is called 'shining' because of its smooth glossy leaves
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Salix nigra
BLACK WILLOW
- Small greenish-yellow catkins in early spring
- Long narrow glossy green leaves turn yellow in the fall
- Deeply fissured dark brown bark
HEIGHT: 18-20 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Salix petiolaris
SLENDER WILLOW
- AKA Salix gracilis
- Small brownish-yellow catkins
- Long dark green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Salix purpurea 'Nana'
BLUE ARCTIC WILLOW
- AKA Salix purpurea 'Gracilis'
- Very narrow blue-green leaves
- Attractive purple stems add winter interest
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Salix purpurea 'Pendula'
WEEPING PURPLE-OSIER WILLOW
- Wide spreading, somewhat pendulous form and typically grafted on a stem
- Gray-silver catkins
- Narrow leaves with blue-white undersides
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Salix repens
CREEPING WILLOW
- Silvery catkins mature to yellow
- Narrow-oval silver-green leaves are whitish-green beneath
- Spreads by creeping, procumbent stems
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Salix udensis 'Sekka'
DRAGON WILLOW
- AKA Salix sachalinensis
- Long silver-gray male catkins have yellow anthers
- Narrow lance-shaped leaves are bright green above and silvery-green below
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Salix x 'Flame'
FLAME WILLOW
- Dark green leaves turn orange in the fall
- Leaves persist late into the season
- Orange to red bark for winter appeal
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m