Salix babylonica
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Michael Dirr Salix babylonica
Michael Dirr
Salix babylonica
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Babylon Weeping Willow 		Common Names:
  • Babylon Weeping Willow
 
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Origin:

  China  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to wet conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 8

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 30' to 50'.
Dirr says: "a very graceful, refined tree with a short, stout trunk and a broad, rounded crown of weeping branches which sweep the ground. True S. babylonica is an enigma and appears almost to be a plant of the past. IN european countries and the United States, it is almost nowhere to be found. "

Flowers:

  Color(s): Green
Season(s): Summer
 

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are light green in the summer and yellow in the fall.
 

Fruit:

  Color: White, Black
Season(s): Summer
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a specimen plant.
Can be used as a shade tree.

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Salix babylonica is hardy in these areas:
Alsip, ILBaltimore, MDBayside, NY
Bronx, NYBrooklyn, NYBrownsville, TX
Canton, MIChicago, ILCicero, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEast Greenville, PAEast Texas, PA
Easton, PAEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEmmaus, PA
Evergreen Park, ILFerndale, MIFlorence, SC
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHighland Park, MI
Hunt Valley, MDJackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NC
Lexington, NCLiberty, NCLinwood, NC
Little Neck, NYMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMiddle Village, NY
Morgantown, WVMount Clemens, MINew Baltimore, MI
New Haven, MINew York, NYNewport News, VA
North Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MINottingham, MD
Oakland Gardens, NYParkville, MDPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDRego Park, NYRidgewood, NY
Riverdale, ILRosedale, MDSparrows Point, MD
Staten Island, NYTaylor, MITemperance, MI
Towson, MDTrenton, MIVirginia Beach, VA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MIWoodside, NY
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