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Salix babylonica f. pekinensis
Peking Willow
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This elegant weeping waterside tree is a classic for open majestic landscapes with ponds or moist lowlands. The Babylon weeping willow is an upright but weeping, fast-growing, deciduous tree native to eastern Asia. Though deciduous, it is beautiful year-round because of its elegant weeping branches that are pretty and interesting with leaves or without.
The yellow-green branches are long and pendulous. In early to mid-spring they bear soft, inconspicuous yellow-green catkins. Just afterward, long slender green leaves appear. These sometimes have waved edges and their undersides are waxy pale green. In fall, they turn to pale yellow.
The Babylon willow is a lowland tree or pondside tree that prefers to have ample moisture nearby. It grows best in full sun and organic-rich soil. Its weeping branches are a joy to sit beneath in the summertime. In fact they are commonly grown as specimens trees with benches placed beneath. It is short-lived but well worth growing because of the interest it provides.
A synonymous name for this plant is Salix matsudana.
10 - 9
5 - 9
3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Tree
Full Sun, Partial Sun
40'-50' / 12.2m - 15.2m
20'-50' / 6.1m - 15.2m
Early Spring, Spring
Eastern Asia, China
Neutral
Average
Clay, Loam, Sand
Wet Site, Soil Compaction
Fast
Average Water, Ample Water
Weeping
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Insignificant
Yellow Green
Green, Light Green
Light Yellow, Yellow Green
Sandy Brown, Gray
No
Yes
Medium
Matte
Feature Plant, Shade Trees
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