Salix alba Strachowo - White Willow
Salix alba Strachowo - White Willow
Salix alba Strachowo
White Willow, Common Willow
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Description
Salix alba 'Strachowo' is a cultivar of white willow or silver willow. Left to grow freely, this tall and beautiful tree reaches a height of 20 to 30 m and has an upright and trailing habit that is very elegant. The overall appearance of the tree is very airy. In spring and summer, the leaves have a silver-green colour, while in autumn, they turn yellow-brown. After the leaves fall, orange shoots emerge during winter, which is very decorative. A willow always brings a romantic atmosphere to the garden. This one, ideal for brightening up dark backgrounds, is best suited for a large garden, to enhance the surroundings of large bodies of water.
Native to wet areas of the Northern Hemisphere, especially Europe, temperate Asia, and North Africa, Salix alba is a highly adaptable and fast-growing tree, reaching 20m in height with a 10m spread. It belongs to the Salicaceae family and the Salix genus, which has no less than 300 species distributed in the cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Its habit is generally rounded, with the tree developing one or several trunks topped with a wide crown. The long, flexible branches are grey-pink and hairy when young. They bear deciduous to semi-evergreen, 10 cm long, narrow leaves, lanceolate in shape. Both sides of the leaf are silky, with the upper side being shiny and dark green, and the lower side white-silvery. Flowering occurs in April-May, at the same time as the young leaves appear. The male catkins are thin, 3 to 5 cm long, arched, and spreading, with a yellowish colour. The female catkins are smaller, denser, and green. The bark of this tree becomes brown-grey and longitudinally fissured with age. Its powerful root system, both taproot and spreading, is perfectly adapted to deep and unstable soils. For this reason, it is advisable to keep this willow away from drains and pipes. White willow is also a medicinal plant, with its bark being the original source of aspirin. Salix alba can reach the venerable age of 100 years.
The 'Strachowo' white willow will eventually reach a height of 20 to 30 m and a width of 15 m if left to grow freely, but it is easily contained by pollarding, which promotes the formation of its coloured wood.
The 'Strachowo' white willow can be planted as a specimen tree or along the edge of a water feature in large gardens. Its silver foliage is valuable for bringing light to a darker setting, such as on the outskirts of the countryside. Among the plants that can accompany it near the water, you can find horsetails, reeds, purple loosestrife, daylilies, Scirpus, and Typha angustifolia, for example.
Tips: Collect fallen leaves in autumn and burn them if the tree shows black spots (anthracnose) or yellow-orange spots (rust) during its growth. Once all the leaves have fallen, treat with Bordeaux mixture.
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Salix alba Strachowo is best planted in the autumn, from September to November, in any moist, even damp, fairly heavy, rich soil, in a sunny location. Water and mulch young plants. To limit growth, periodically and severely prune all branches to form a 'pollarded tree', a sort of stump from which numerous shoots grow. A short pruning of this type during winter is often the best way to contain anthracnose attacks (black spots, cracks).
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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