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Lemmon's willow

Salix lemmonii

Lemmon's willow
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain

Lemmon's willow is a small, colonial shrub native to moist streambanks and meadows of western North America, grown mainly for riparian restoration. The key to growing it is consistently moist soil and full sun to part shade.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially in the growing season.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or gravelly alluvial soil.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters typical of its mountain native range; protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. Canada to SW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Salix lemmonii is a species of willow known by the common name Lemmon's willow, named after J.G. Lemmon. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist and wet areas in mountain coniferous forest habitat, such as streambanks and meadows.

Other Salix plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix lemmonii 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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