Salix 'Niobe'

Salix 'Niobe'Salix 'Niobe' (Golden Weeping Willow) is a popular cultivar that is commonly sold as golden weeping willow in recognition of its bright golden yellow twigs and weeping form. Although its nomenclature is confused, it is considered to be one of the best of the weeping willows. It typically grows to 50 75 tall with erect branching, an open rounded crown and pendulous golden branchlets that gracefully dip toward the ground. Year old twigs are yellow and

Flowering Tree

Sunlight: Full sun to part shade

Zone: 4 to 9

Needs lots of room

'Blonde Ambition' produces chartreuse flowers (instead of purple for the species) on taller flowering stems that rise to 2 1/2' tall

Sunlight: Full Sun-Part Shade (4-6 hrs

Unlike violets

Tiny pink flowers in flat-topped clusters cover the foliage from late spring to mid-summer

Flowers on new wood

bushy mounds that are attractive from all angles

fades to purple green in summer and finally turns copper in autumn

Sun to Partial Shade