Silky Willow (Salix sericea)

Silky Willow (Salix sericea)*Preorder only* Expected Height at Pickup: 2 3', 3 gal. A small statured willow with soft, fuzzy leaves! The hairs on the leaves frequently give them a blue gray color, excellent for adding variety to wet plantings! Like oaks (genus Quercus) and wild cherries (genus Prunus), willows are a keystone species that provide habitat and host a wide variety of insects. Willows host many dozens of species of moth, and the viceroy butterfly! Pollination: Male

Flowers attract a few small beetles and flies

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New growth is occasionally browsed by deer

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Hosts a variety of insects including moths such as the wild cherry sphinx and white dotted prominent

Plants are easily pruned/shaped to a reasonable height

enough so that they are semi-frequently grown as a crop

Hosts many caterpillars

so prefers shade and moist

average soil

a few beetles