
Photo: Willow · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Bloom colours
chestnut, gold
What actually matters with this one
It fixes nitrogen and grows in standing water. The first choice for stabilising a wet bank or stream edge.
How to grow it
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- Never let it dry out
- Hardiness
- Zones 3-7
- Height
- 15-25 m
- Flowers
- February to March
- Difficulty
- easy
Plant it alongside
Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.



