Pussy Willow
By Lou Paun
Salix discolor
Common name: Pussy willow Salix caprea
Common name: Pussy willow, Goat willow ...
Pussy willow is a collective name used to describe the willows that produce soft, fuzzy buds up and down the shiny bare twigs in late winter.
Pussy Willow
Scientific Name: Salix discolor Muhl.
Synonym: Salix squamata, Salix sensitiva, Salix prinoides, Salix fuscata, Salix crassa, Salix conformis, Salix ancorifera
Family: Salicaceae ...
Pussy Willow
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Beach Pussy Willow, Salix amplifolia, Hooker Pussy Willow
Poets and songwriters have immortalized Weeping Willows for the mood created by their long hanging branches and light feathery leaves.
Pussy willows, Salix discolor, grow well in almost any soil but it is a good idea to supplement it with peat moss, leaf mold or compost. They require full sun to thrive, but will survive in the shade as well.
Japanese Giant Pussy Willow
Generally speaking when I purchase a new shrub, I go for the largest specimen I can reasonably afford.
pussy willow Salicaceae Salix discolor Muhl. symbol: SADI
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Black Pussy Willow ( Salix gracilistyla )
Black Queen Begonia ( Begonia Black Queen )
Black Raspberry Begonia ( Begonia Black Raspberry ) ...
10. Viceroy Pussy willow, plums, (Limenitis archippus) cherries
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Other plants that attract butterfly larva include leadplant (Amorpha canescens), clover, hackberry, elm, plantain, snapdragon, nettles and willows.
Salix discolor - Pussy Willow
Salix eriocephala - Heartleaf Willow
Salix exigua - Sandbar Willow
Salix floridana - Florida Willow
Salix fragilis - Crack Willow
Salix glaucophylloides - Dune Willow; Broadleaf Willow ...
The upright, relatively unbranched stems of this selection of Pussy Willow are laden with showy immature staminate (male) flowers that herald the arrival of Spring with their silky hairs that resemble those of a pussy cat.
Willow, American Pussy
American Pussy Willow or Salix discolor is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called Pussy Willow ...
Examples of flowers that preserve well by this method are baby's breath, cattail, statice, celosia, dock, goldenrod, heather and pussy willow. Flowers dried in this manner are extremely stiff once dried.
A miniature forest of confetti-like specks ("Honey, I shrunk the pussy willows"), Gromwell in winter is another candidate for dried arrangements. L. officinale is an old-world species that naturalized in the eastern U.S. after introduction.
Kilmarnock Willow, Weeping Goat Willow, Weeping Pussy Willow SA-liks KAP-ree-a ...
flowers are catkins ("pussy willows") in spring
fruit is inconspicuous
bark thick, corky, fissured and furrowed, brown
habit is a large tree with an open, rounded crown ...
Salix discolor, Pussy Willow
Salix serissima, Fall Willow
Sambucus pubens, Red Berry Elder
Shepherdia argentea, Silver Buffaloberry
Shepherdia canadensis, Russet Buffaloberry
Spirea alba, Meadowsweet
Toxicodendron rydbergii, Western Poison Ivy ...
 See also: Willow, Salix, May, Green, Rose
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