Dwarf Arctic Blue Leaf Willow Salix purpurea (Nana)

Leaf Mature

General Attributes Plant Community Type Deciduous Shrub Sun Full Sun Height 3 - 4 Feet Orientation North, South, East, West Spread 3 - 6 Feet Soil Texture Sand to Clay Form Upright Topography Upland, Lowland (Flood Prone), Utility Lines Compatible Lowland (Stable Water) Growth Rate Fast Plant Community Life Expectancy Short Succession USDA Zone 4 - 6 Origin Non North America Root Pattern

Flowers/Foliage/Fruits Soils Flower Color Salt Spray Tolerance Sensitive Flower Season Spring Soil Salt Tolerance Sensitive Fruit Compaction Tolerance Fruit Color Water Table 0 Inches Fruit Season Drainage Poor, Moderate Flood Tolerance Summer Texture Fine Drought Tolerance Winter Texture Fine Moisture Regime Moist, Wet Spring Foliage Gray pH 0.0 through 0.0 Summer Foliage Gray Windbreak Group Fall Foliage Insignificant Winter Foliage Not Applicable

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Planting Ease Maintenance Spring Bareroot Easy Formal High Fall Bareroot Informal Moderate Spring Container Easy 2,4-D Tolerance Sensitive Fall Container Easy Dicamba Tolerance Sensitive Picloram Tolerance Sensitive Spring Seed Clopyralid Tolerance Fall Seed Artificial Light Sulfur Dioxide Sensitive Ozone Tolerance Sensitive Hydrogen Flouride Nitrogen Oxide

Pests/Problems Miscellaneous Allergens males 10, females 1 Wildlife Rating Invasiveness Non-Invasive Insect Concerns Toxicity Disease Concern Cold Injury Wildlife Concerns Storm Damage Biological Control Mechanical Control Chemical Control

Comments Useful as a low hedge. Compact form of the species with silver gray leaves. Slender tough branches, purplish in winter. Branches used to make baskets.

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