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Salix alpina

Salix alpina
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0

Salix alpina is a low, creeping, mat-forming deciduous shrub from the willow family, native to subalpine and alpine areas of the Eastern Alps, Carpathians and Dinaric Alps. It is grown mainly as a rock garden or alpine plant, and it needs cool, open, well-drained conditions.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining, moderately fertile soil or rock garden mix
Temperature
5–20 °C; very cold-hardy and tolerates harsh winters
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Alps, Dinaric Alps, Carpatians
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Salix alpina, the Alpine willow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to the Eastern Alps and the Carpatians, with one station in the Dinaric Alps. A creeping, mat-forming deciduous shrub, it is available in commerce. Its growth habit varies according to local conditions.

Other Salix plants

Siberian Violet Willow · White willow · Arctic willow · Eared willow · Peking Willow · Goat Willow · Pussy willow · Olive Willow · Salix excelsa · Narrowleaf willow · Salix fargesii · Crack Willow

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix alpina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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