Bareroot Salix alba vitellina (Golden Willow)
A remarkable willow that brightens winter gardens with its golden yellow stems that shine like sunlight against the bare landscape. The young growth develops its most vibrant colour when exposed to full sun, creating striking vertical accents during the colder months. Slender leaves with silvery undersides emerge in spring, dancing in summer breezes before turning pale yellow in autumn. Exceptionally fast growing in moist soils, it forms a large shrub or small tree, with annual coppicing maintaining the best stem colour and keeping the plant manageable. Beyond its winter spectacle, it produces early catkins that feed pollinators, while the flexible young shoots are prized for basketry and floral arrangements. Perfect for adding year round interest to waterside plantings or damp areas, where its cheerful winter stems bring warmth to the garden when colour is scarce.
Family of Trees: Salicaceae
Habit: Deciduous Tree, Upright Spreading
Growth Rate: 60-100 cm/year
Optimal Temperature: 10-25°C, hardy to -40°C
Harmful if Eaten?: Non-toxic
Flowers or Berries: Yellow Catkins
Hardiness: H7 (Extremely Hardy)
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
- ○ H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
- ○ H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
- ○ H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
- ○ H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
- ○ H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
- ○ H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
- ○ H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
- ○ H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
- ○ H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)
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