Salix ‘Boydii’
An upright shrub with gnarled branches and veined grey-green leaves. Rarely produces dark grey catkins in early spring.
Salix babylonica var. pekinensis ‘Tortuosa’
An upright tree with twisted branches and twisted bright green leaves. Produces yellow-green catkins in spring.
Salix babylonica ‘Crispa’
Pretty silvery catkins are produced in spring with long mid green leaves with a curious twist.
Salix Arbuscula ‘Famosa’
A dwarf, creeping shrub, forming close mats of green leaves, glaucous beneath. Catkins which are covered with white hair, sometimes tinged with red or yellow
Salix arbuscula
This plant produces an effective close mat of green leaves which are glaucous underneath. Long slender catkins.
Salix apoda
An interesting shrub with silvery catkins becoming pinky-orange as they mature.
Salix alpina
A dwarf, prostrate shrub with rounded leaves and slender grey catkins in spring.
Salix alba var. sericea
A round headed tree with silvery grey leaves. Produces yellow or yellow-green catkins in spring.
Salix alba ssp. vitellina ‘Britzensis’
A spreading tree with orange-scarlet branches in winter. Produces yellow or yellow-green catkins in spring, with the leaves.
Salix alba ‘Snake’
A very unusual shrubby willow with curiously contorted & spiralled, reddish-brown stems. Narrow dark green leaves and catkins in early summer.
Salix alba
The masses of silky hairy leaves give a lovely silvery effect. Pretty yellow catkins produce late winter.
Salix acutifolia ‘Blue Streak’ (m)
A good specimen tree. The conspicuous blue-back shoots in winter set of the silvery catkins beautifully.