Peking Willow

Salix babylonica

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Peking Willow

Habit:		?
Height:	⇕	?
Width:	⇔
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	China^CH
Poisonous:	☠

Exposure:	☼	full sun^sn
Water:	◍	lots of water^sn
Features:	✓
Hardiness:	☃
Bloom:	❀
USDA Zones:		?
Sunset Zones:

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Salix

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babylonica

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Salix babylonica. (syn. S. pendula). Napoleon's Willow. A tree of weeping habit, 30-40 ft. high, with long slender olive-green or purplish branches: buds small, acute: lvs. 2-6 in. long, attenuate at base and apex: aments appearing with the lvs., slender, the pistillate green, 1 in. long, caps. small. China.—Long known in cult. and often grown in cemeteries. Tender N. Var. annularis, Forbes, lvs. twisted back so as to form a sort of ring. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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