Salix purpurea 'Nana'

Common name: purple willow
Salix purpurea
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Type:
Deciduous shrub
USDA hardiness zones:
4-8

This purpleosier willow cultivar is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically grows to 5' tall and features attractive purple stems. Often best grown as a 2-3' tall, clipped shrub. Very narrow, blue-green leaves (to 4\ long). Dioecious. Grayish-white male and female flowering catkins (1 inch) bloom in early spring before the foliage. Slender and supple twigs can be used to make baskets."

  • Full sun
  • Medium to wet
  • Medium

Grow in average, medium to wet soils in full sun. Prefers moist soils.

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