Cultivation Salix babylonica
saule pleureur, claude monet (1918).
s. babylonica, pendulous-branched ( weeping ) form, has been introduced many other areas, including europe , southeastern united states, beyond china, has not been cultivated of hybrid derivatives, being sensitive late-spring frosts. in more humid climates of of europe , eastern north america, susceptible canker disease, willow anthracnose (marssonina salicicola), makes infected trees short-lived , unsightly.
cultivars
salix babylonica (babylon willow) has many cultivars, including:
babylon (synonym: napoleon ) grown cultivar of s. babylonica, typical weeping branches.
crispa (synonym: annularis ) mutant of babylon , spirally curled leaves.
various cultivars of salix matsudana (chinese willow) included within salix babylonica, treated more broadly, including:
pendula 1 of best weeping trees, silvery shine, hardier, , more disease resistant.
tortuosa upright tree twisted , contorted branches.
yet other weeping willow cultivars derived interspecific salix hybrids, including s. babylonica in parentage. grown weeping willow cultivar salix × sepulcralis chrysocoma , bright yellowish branchlets.
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