Grey willow

Grey willow
Photo: SABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pet safety

Not known yet. Check before letting pets near.

Through the year

Flowering months are not yet confirmed.

Key care steps

  1. Cut straight, pencil-thick one-year stems into 20cm pieces.
  2. Push two-thirds into open ground or deep pots of gritty compost.
  3. Leave undisturbed until the following autumn.

A deciduous tree with elongated oval leaves with a grey sheen and mature bark fissured in diamond patterns. Silvery male catkins with yellow pollen and green female catkins are borne on separate trees.

Sun: Full sun.

Soil: Clay, loam or sand; acid, alkaline or neutral pH..

Hardiness: H7 — below −20°C.