Golden Weeping Willow (Salix alba tristis)
The Golden Weeping Willow is an impressive middle-sized deciduous tree with strikingly long, easy-moving weeping branches and vaulted, broadly round crown. Pleasantly scented yellow catkins appear in spring as the leaves sprout.
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Erscheinungsbild
The Golden Weeping Willow is an impressive middle-sized deciduous tree with strikingly long, easy-moving weeping branches and vaulted, broadly round crown. Pleasantly scented yellow catkins appear in spring as the leaves sprout.
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Herbst
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Blätter
Narrowly lanceolate leaves with long tip and dentate margins, 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide, leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Leaves green above, pale blue-green below. Yellow-green autumn colour.
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Blatt Oberseite
Narrowly lanceolate leaves with long tip and dentate margins, 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide, leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Leaves green above, pale blue-green below. Yellow-green autumn colour.
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Blatt Unterseite
Narrowly lanceolate leaves with long tip and dentate margins, 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide, leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Leaves green above, pale blue-green below. Yellow-green autumn colour.
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Blatt Herbst
Narrowly lanceolate leaves with long tip and dentate margins, 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide, leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Leaves green above, pale blue-green below. Yellow-green autumn colour.
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Früchte
Bivalvate capsule with numerous seeds. Seeds with silky hair shaft.
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Rinde
Grey-brown outer bark with flat, regularly broken furrows Yellowish green branches.
Anwendung
Open fields, pioneer plants, bank stabilization, slope stabilization, soil stabilization, wind-breaks, forage for honey-bees, bird protection, parks, urban areas, roadside verges, topiaries
Heimatgebiete
Europe, Western Asia, Northern Asia, Siberia
Standortparameter
Light: full sun to semi-shady; temperature: warm to cool; soil: dry to very moist; stagnant moisture: tolerant; soil structure: heavy to normal, well aerated; soil depth: shallow to deep; compaction: to be avoided; soil quality: medium to high; pH value: acid to alkaline.
Ansprüche
Tolerates heat, stagnant moisture and urban climates, also tolerates flooding, wind-resistant, limited salt-tolerance. Soil compaction must be avoided.
Frosthärte
down to -32°C
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Height of growth: 15 m to 25 m. Spread: 10 m to 15 m. Large fast-growing tree with deeply pendent branches and broad, spreading crown.
Blätter
Narrowly lanceolate leaves with long tip and dentate margins, 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide, leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Leaves green above, pale blue-green below. Yellow-green autumn colour.
Blüten
Flowering period IV-V. Yellow catkins up to 7 cm long appear with the leaves. Female form, dioecious.
Früchte
Bivalvate capsule with numerous seeds. Seeds with silky hair shaft.
Rinde
Grey-brown outer bark with flat, regularly broken furrows Yellowish green branches.
Wurzel
Shallow-rooting, expansive system of roots.