Salix × pendulina var. elegantissima

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Thurlow weeping willow

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Other common names

Thurlow weeping willow

Synonyms

Salix 'Elegantissima', Salix × elegantissima, Salix × pendulina 'Elegantissima', Salix babylonica misapplied [2]

Shrubs Trees

Size

Time to Maturity
No preference

Botanical Details

Family
Salicaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Genus
Salix are deciduous shrubs and trees of diverse habit, with simple leaves and tiny flowers in catkins, male and female usually on separate plants. Some are valued for their brightly coloured winter shoots, others for their foliage or showy male catkins
Name Status
Correct

How to Grow

Propagation

Propagate from hardwood cuttings

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, caterpillars, gall mites, flea beetles, sawfly larvae, and willow scale

Diseases

May be susceptible to willow anthracnose, watermark disease, willow heart rot, rust diseases, crown gall, honey fungus, root rot, silver leaf, and tar spot