Salix alba var. sericea
A round headed tree with silvery grey leaves. Produces yellow or yellow-green catkins in spring.
Salix alpina
A dwarf, prostrate shrub with rounded leaves and slender grey catkins in spring.
Salix apoda
An interesting shrub with silvery catkins becoming pinky-orange as they mature.
Salix arbuscula
This plant produces an effective close mat of green leaves which are glaucous underneath. Long slender catkins.
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 babylonica ‘Crispa’
Pretty silvery catkins are produced in spring with long mid green leaves with a curious twist.
Salix babylonica var. pekinensis ‘Tortuosa’
An upright tree with twisted branches and twisted bright green leaves. Produces yellow-green catkins in spring.
Salix caprea
A British native tree with yellow or silver catkins in spring, before the leaves.
Salix Caprea ‘Curly Locks’
Small weeping tree with curiously twisted branches bearing pussy willow catkins in spring.
Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’
A weeping tree with yellow-brown branches and dark green leaves, grey-green beneath. Produces grey catkins with yellow anthers in spring, before the leaves.
Salix cinerea
An ideal plant for reclamation work due to its ability to tolerate tough conditions
Salix daphnoides
A tree with purple young stems and narrow, toothed dark green leaves. Produces silky grey catkins in late winter and early spring, with the leaves.