Enhance Your Garden With Weeping Plants
You can significantly enhance your garden with weeping plants and Gertens offers many diverse options!
A strongly weeping form of pussy willow grafted onto a standard. Very pretty small tree for landscape accents.
At Minnesota's Destination Garden Center, we offer a diverse range of trees to suit any landscaping need. Whether you're looking for shade trees to cool your home or ornamental trees to add beauty and interest, you'll find the perfect tree at Gertens. Our knowledgeable staff can help you select the right tree for your space and provide tips for care and maintenance. Visit Gertens today and explore the unmatched variety of trees to enhance your outdoor environment!
Weeping Pussy Willow | Salix caprea 'Pendula'
Height: 6 feet
Spread: 8 feet
Sunlight: full sun
Hardiness Zone: 4a
Other Names: Goat Willow
Brand: Gertens
Description:
A unique weeping garden accent shrub, typically grafted onto a standard from where it weeps strongly downward, large fuzzy catkins are extremely showy in late winter; use only as a solitary in the garden to draw attention
Ornamental Features
Weeping Pussy Willow features delicate tan catkins along the branches from late winter to early spring before the leaves. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn yellow in fall.
Landscape Attributes
Weeping Pussy Willow is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
Weeping Pussy Willow is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Weeping Pussy Willow will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Available for Pre-Order | No |
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Tree Type | Shade & Ornamental |
Sun Preference | Full-Sun |
USDA Hardiness Zone | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Common Family Name | Willow |