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| Botanical Name: |
Salix babylonica
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Chinese Weeping Willow
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| Family Name: |
SALICACEAE
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| Genus: |
Salix
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| species |
babylonica
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| Name Derivation |
G: Lat. meaning 'Willow'; S: Lat. from Babylon, but brought there probably by Chinese
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| Growth Habit: |
Deciduous tree
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| Dimensions: |
10-18m x 5-8m
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| Flower: |
Insignificant staminate flowers and green pistillate catkins 1-3cm long.
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| Climate: |
Withstands slight coastal exposure, frost, but not drought. Susceptible to timber rots and boring insects.
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| Fruit: |
A capsule
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| Propagation: |
Cuttings in winter.
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| Horticulture Use: |
For dams, banks, lake sides and fodder tree. Specimen in parks but not in waterways where it can become invasive. Keep well away from drains.
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Needs access to water but not stagnant water, full sun but some wind protection as old trees become brittle with age. Pruning is required for dead and diseased wood
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| Foliage: |
Simple, alternate, narrow linear-lanceolate 20cm, serrulate margins, golden
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