Salix elaeagnos

Hoary Willow

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Height

2 to 6 m

Width

3 to 6 m

Flowering Time

April, May

Light/shadow demands

no direct sunlight,

sun

pH-Value

slightly alkaline, neutral, alkaline

Soil

loamy, sandy-loamy, sandy

Trees and shrubs for bees

Yes

Salix elaeagnos

Characteristics:

Habit

Large shrub to small tree, 2-6 m or 8-16 m tall, 3-6 m wide; usually with several stems and upright like brooms, stems often bent or crooked, fast-growing, 80-120 cm a year

Crown

irregular, upright irregular, upright

Blossom

Dioecious in crooked catkins, pale yellow, before or while leaves shoot, April to May

Leaves

Linear to lanceolate, 10-15 cm long, the most slender leaves of all indigenous willows, during shooting silvery on top, later dull green, white-tomentose to grey-tomentose underneath, no autumn colours

Roots

Shallow and deep, some with tap root, large, far-reaching root system, larger and wider than the shrub; extremely resistant to floods, covering and paving

Demands

Sun to shady, crooked in the shade, tolerates heat, likes warmth, frost hardy, moderately wind resistant

Soil

Moderately dry, better fresh to moist, neutral to very alkaline, likes sandy-gravelly substrates, even mud, loam and clay, somewhat tolerant of salt

Hardiness Zone

Zone 5b

Bee pasture/nectar

Yes

Synonyms

S. incana

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