Wikibooks: Horticulture/Salix discolor

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; British Columbia; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Horticulture/Salix_discolor

WMOG header Salix discolor Hortibox American Pussy Willow Image = Pussy Willow Stem 2000px.jpg Binomial = Salix discolor Genus = Family = Salicaceae Variety = Type = shrub or tree Sun = Water = Soil = USDA Hardiness Zone = Sunset Zone = Propagation = Pruning season = Pruning tolerance = Forcing = Transplant = Pest issues = Disease issues = Bloom season = Fruit season = Sowing methods = Harvest = Storage = Weediness = Pollination = Seed Dispersal = Germination Time = Germination Signal = Ripe Seed = Seed Banking = Vegetative Spread = Allelopathy = Group = Sowing time = Days to germination = Days to baby = Days to maturity = Bolting = Flat cropping = Planting depth = Plant spacing = Row spacing = Seed collection = Height and spread = Root = Growth rate = Shade cast = Underplanting = Toxicity and edibility = Patent= Hybrid type= Salix discolor ( American Pussy Willow Germplasm Resources Information Network ) is a species of willow native to North America one of two species commonly called Pussy Willow. It is native to the northern forests and wetlands of Canada (British Columbia east to Newfoundland) and the northeastern contiguous United States (Idaho south to Wyoming and east to Maine and Maryland). Plants of British Columbia Borealforests =Description= It is a weak wooded deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall with brown shoots. The leaves are oval 3 14 cm long and 1 3.5 cm broad green above and downy grey white beneath. The flowers are soft silky silvery catkins borne in early spring before the new leaves appear with the male and female catkins on different plants (dioecious) the male catkins mature yellow at pollen release. The fruit is a small capsule 7 12 mm long containing numerous minute seeds embedded in cottony down. =Growing Conditions= =Varieties= =Uses= As with the closely related [[ SUBPAGENAME }} Horticat (add y where applicable) taxa level (family genus species variety) = large tree = small tree = large shrub = small shrub = woody vine = herbaceous vine = herbaceous plant = herbaceous ...