Salix pentandra
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Michael Dirr Salix pentandra
Michael Dirr
Salix pentandra
Salix pentandra (click for large image)
Bay Willow, Laurel Willow 		Common Names:
  • Bay Willow
  • Laurel Willow
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Bay Willow, Laurel Willow
 
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Origin:

  Europe  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to wet conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 2 to Zone 5

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 30' to 50'.

Flowers:

  Color(s): Green
Season(s): Spring

Dirr says: "1 to 2" long catkins appear with the foliage"  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
Dirr says: "Laurel Willow has the most handsome foliage of the willows; but the few I have seen in Illinois were so infested with leaf disease that by August there were no leaves on the tree."  

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Spring
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a shade tree.

Other:

   
Salix pentandra is hardy in these areas:
Addison, ILAlden, ILAlgonquin, IL
Allegan, MIAlmond, WIAlsip, IL
Ames, IAAntioch, ILArlington Heights, IL
Athens, MIAugusta, MIBangor, MI
Barrington, ILBartlett, ILBattle Creek, MI
Bellwood, ILBensenville, ILBloomingdale, IL
Bolingbrook, ILBridgeview, ILBuffalo Grove, IL
Buffalo, NYBurbank, ILBurlington, IL
Butler, PACarol Stream, ILCary, IL
Channahon, ILChicago Heights, ILChicago Ridge, IL
Chicago, ILCicero, ILCleveland, OH
Coal City, ILConneaut, OHCrete, IL
Crystal Lake, ILDeerfield, ILDenver, CO
Des Plaines, ILDewitt, MIDimondale, MI
Dolton, ILDorset, OHEagle, MI
East Claridon, OHEast Lansing, MIEaton Rapids, MI
Edmore, MIElk Grove village, ILElmwood Park, IL
Elyria, OHEuclid, OHEvergreen Park, IL
Fletcher, MOFlorissant, MOFrench Village, MO
Gerald, MOGlencoe, MOGrand Rapids, MI
Gray Summit, MOGreat Lakes, ILGreeley, CO
Hampshire, ILHeath, OHHickory Hills, IL
Hines, ILHometown, ILHomewood, IL
Huntley, ILIndependence, OHIndianapolis, IN
Itasca, ILJoliet, ILJustice, IL
Kalamazoo, MIKaneville, ILKingston, IL
Kinsman, ILKirkland, ILLafayette, IN
Lafox, ILLakewood, OHLancaster, OH
Lansing, ILLaurelville, OHLemont, IL
Lincolnshire, ILLithopolis, OHLittleton, CO
Lockbourne, OHLockport, ILLogan, OH
Lombard, ILManhattan, ILMaple Heights, OH
Matteson, ILMazon, ILMchenry, IL
Mentor, OH
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