SALIX caprea 'PENDULA' (= 'Kilmarnock')

Kilmarnock willow, Kilmarnock weeping willow

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SALIX caprea 'PENDULA' (= 'Kilmarnock')

Kilmarnock willow, Kilmarnock weeping willow

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  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, remove dead wood as well as the branches that are making shade to the young shoots inside the tree. Shorten the branches that are too long.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Discovered on the banks of the Ayr river (Scotland) around 1850
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 3 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : weeping, pendulous
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : White/yellow
  • Soil type : Wet soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Small male tree with long and flexible reddish brown branches. They are downy when younger and can droop to the ground level. It produces very decorative yellow flowers in male catkins in February-March. They are abundantly carried by the bare wood. Its slightly serrated dark green foliage is 8 to 10 cm long and has light green underside. It turns yellow in autumn.