ALMOND WILLOW – salix triandra: [ 43 ]
A small bushy alluvial willow growing rapidly a first but seldom reaching more than 10metre. Smooth, flaking, brown bark, lanceolate, toothed, hairless, dark, shiny-green leaves. Large catkins useful as a pollen/nectar source. Locally common in the UK widely used in the Trent Valley willow industry. It is only identifiable as basketmakers' cultivars and its natural status may be questionable. A particularly attractive and fragrant species - the twigs have a faint rose-water flavour when chewed.
A small bushy alluvial willow growing rapidly a first but seldom reaching more than 10metre. Smooth, flaking, brown bark, lanceolate, toothed, hairless, dark, shiny-green leaves. Large catkins useful as a pollen/nectar source. Locally common in the UK widely used in the Trent Valley willow industry. It is only identifiable as basketmakers' cultivars and its natural status may be questionable. A particularly attractive and fragrant species - the twigs have a faint rose-water flavour when chewed.
