Genus Salix, Salicaceae


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Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States


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Designed especially for winter use and featuring almost six hundred illustrations, this taxonomic guide describes some nine hundred plant species by their twig, bud, and bark characteristics. All the trees, shrubs, and woody ground covers that grow without aid of cultivation in the Southeast are presented here, in a single reference.










Willows, the Genus Salix


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Names are included to avoid the considerable confusion that already exists in identification. The management and cultivation of willows is extensively detailed. A range of willows for specific sites - such as ornamental trees for large or small gardens, dwarf and ground-hugging alpine species for rock gardens and tiny willows for sink gardens - is described with basic information on management, and concise discussions and illustrations of the origin, hardiness, growth.