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Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma', or Weeping Golden Willow, is the most popular and widely grown weeping tree in the warm temperate regions of the world. It is an artificial hybrid between S. alba 'Vitellina' and S. babylonica. The first parent provides the frost hardiness and the golden shoots and the second parent the strong weeping habit.
Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; Chinese: 垂柳; pinyin: chuí liǔ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and Siberia but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.
Weeping Atlas Cedar Golden weeping willow: Salix Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma'. Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. [1] This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground.
One of the important food crops of the ancient Inca empire. Leaves were eaten as a leaf vegetable or used raw in salads. [175] Morinda citrifolia: Noni tree: Known as bai-yo in Thai cuisine the leaves are cooked with coconut milk in a curry. [176] Moringa oleifera: Drumstick tree: Leaves are very popular in South Asia for curries and omelettes ...
Salix alba, the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves. It is a medium to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often-leaning crown.
Salix exigua (sandbar willow, narrowleaf willow, or coyote willow; syn. S. argophylla, S. hindsiana, S. interior, S. linearifolia, S. luteosericea, S. malacophylla, S. nevadensis, and S. parishiana) is a species of willow native to most of North America except for the southeast and far north, occurring from Alaska east to New Brunswick, and south to northern Mexico. [2]
Illustration of a typical salicoid tooth, the yellow area showing the expanding leaf vein and glandular seta. Populus trichocarpa leaf margin showing a salicoid tooth. The brownish-yellow area in the axil of the tooth is the glandular seta. The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants.
A willow flute. A small number of cultivars have been selected for garden use. The most common is S. caprea 'Kilmarnock', discovered by James Smith, with stiffly pendulous shoots forming a mop-head; it is a male clone. A similar female clone is S. caprea 'Weeping Sally'.