Sitka willow - Salix sitchensis
Plant type: tree-like, deciduous shrub
Height: 12 - 25’
Growth rate: fast
Features: aka ‘silky willow’ because of its soft, silken hairs on the undersides of its leaves. Long, yellowish catkin flowers in spring. Adapts readily to disturbed areas, tolerant of difficult conditions.
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: Top 30 plant for specialist native bees, top 30 caterpillar host plant. Host to caterpillars (a necessity for birds in brood rearing). Bee attractor when in flower
Plant type: tree-like, deciduous shrub
Height: 12 - 25’
Growth rate: fast
Features: aka ‘silky willow’ because of its soft, silken hairs on the undersides of its leaves. Long, yellowish catkin flowers in spring. Adapts readily to disturbed areas, tolerant of difficult conditions.
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: Top 30 plant for specialist native bees, top 30 caterpillar host plant. Host to caterpillars (a necessity for birds in brood rearing). Bee attractor when in flower
Plant type: tree-like, deciduous shrub
Height: 12 - 25’
Growth rate: fast
Features: aka ‘silky willow’ because of its soft, silken hairs on the undersides of its leaves. Long, yellowish catkin flowers in spring. Adapts readily to disturbed areas, tolerant of difficult conditions.
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological benefits: Top 30 plant for specialist native bees, top 30 caterpillar host plant. Host to caterpillars (a necessity for birds in brood rearing). Bee attractor when in flower
