SALIX caprea 'PENDULA' (= 'Kilmarnock')

Kilmarnock willow, Kilmarnock weeping willow

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.