Salix gracilistyla ‘Melanostachys’
An upright shrub with grey-green leaves turning glossy green. Produces attractive black catkins with brick-red anthers in spring, before the leaves.
Salix hastata ‘Wehrhahnii’
An upright shrub with dark purple stems and bright green leaves. Produces silvery grey catkins in spring, before the leaves.
Salix helvetica
An upright shrub with grey-green leaves. Produces silver-grey catkins in early spring, before the leaves.
Salix herbacea
A tiny alpine species suitable for a moist position in a rock or peat garden
Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’ (v)
A very pretty variety with white blotched leaves. The young growths are tinged pink in spring
Salix Interrupta ‘Hakuro Nishiki’
Nishiki Willow. Rounded deciduous shrub which produces pink, white & green variegated foliage on arching branches. The young stems are a beautiful reddish colour and produce catkins in spring.
Salix lanata
A compact rounded shrub with dull, dark green leaves covered with silvery grey wool. Produces golden yellow or grey-yellow catkins in late spring, with the leaves.
Salix magnifica
A broadly upright shrub with purple-red stems and blue-green leaves. Produces slender green catkins in late spring, after the leaves.
Salix purpurea ‘Nana’
A compact shrub with red tinged stems and small grey-green leaves. Produces silvery green catkins in spring, before the leaves.
Salix purpurea ‘Nancy Saunders’ (f)
A elegant shrub with slim blue-green leaves
Salix purpurea ‘Pendula’
A weeping shrub with long pendulous branches. Produces silvery green catkins in spring, before the leaves. Can be trained as a standard.
Salix repens
Pretty grey-yellow catkins produced in spring. The bright green leaves are silvery underneath