Scientific Name:	Salix x sepulcralis var. chrysocoma
Pronunciation:	SAY-licks ex sep-yull-KRAY-liss variety krye-zoe-KOE-muh
Common Name:	weeping willow
Family Name:	Salicaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Tree pendent to the ground; stems golden yellow; leaves <13 cm.long, glossy green/glaucous underneath, alternate, serrulate, lanceolate. Winter ID: weeping golden yellow branches; buds smooth.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Arching Form: Oval - horizontal, Weeping Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 5 - 7m Spread: 10 - 15m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Bog Water Use: High Landscape Uses: Specimen plant, Wetland - bogs Additional Info: Google [Compare to S. babylonica which may look similar but will have properly formed male or female catkins.]

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Green-yellow, Light green in the Spring and Summer; light yellow in the Fall Colour in Fall: Green-yellow, Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Apices: Acuminate Bases: Obtuse Margins: Serrulate

Inflorescence Type: Catkin (ament) Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Colour (petals): Showy, Green-yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: White Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug Additional Info: Showy

Bark Morphology: Lightly fissured Bark or Stem Colour:     Leaf Bud Type: Narrowly conical Leaf Scar Shape: Half-round Organ Modifications: Fibrous-like roots, Leafy stipules

Propagation:	Seed, Cuttings, Greenwood cuttings, Softwood cuttings, Hardwood cuttings, Grafting
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Dieback, Galls, Nematodes, Stem borer insects, Fungal leaf spot, Deer resistant

Location(s): (ENA) Eastern North American planting : 26, 27, 50 Location Map

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