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Salix purpurea |
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| Common name |
purple willow; arctic willow |
| Family |
salicaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub |
| Size |
3' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Tidy mounded shrub with blue-green foliage and purple stems - the twigs have been used in basketmaking. Dependable garden denizen. It lived in our garden for about 15 years, during which it was pruned back hard on several occasions. In the end, despite the haircuts, it got too large for its place in the garden. Since moving it was out of the question, it met the gruesome fate of a chainsaw. But we'll always remember it fondly.
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| | The dense twig structure captures a lot of snow... |
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| | ...and looks rather cool with ice, too! |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Vicki | May 18, 2005 | The cultivar you have is probably 'Nana', a dwarf form of this shrub, since straight species grows to 10' Nice specimen, great pic! |
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