Botanical Name: Salix purpurea
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Common Name: Arctic Blue Willow  
Plant photo of: Salix purpurea
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12'

 

Flower Color

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Flower Season

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Leaf Color

Blue Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Color

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Fruit Season

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Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Connon Nursery
  • Description

  • Notes

Arctic blue willow is a deciduous shrub with a rounded habit, growing about 8 to 10 feet tall and wide. It has long, slender, supple branches that move with the breeze but that still seem to hold under the weight of the little migrating birds that perch on it. Its leaves are narrow and lance-like, and of a grey green to blue-green color. Fall color is yellow. 'Nana' is a commonly available cultivar, growing about 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. Not drought tolerant, but useful for those low, moist spots in the yard where nothing else will grow; a nice hedge.