Enhance Your Garden With Weeping Plants
You can significantly enhance your garden with weeping plants and Gertens offers many diverse options!
As low as $329.00
A golden barked willow with a wide, spreading habit and long, golden, drooping branches.
At Minnesota's Destination Garden Center, we offer a diverse range of trees to suit any landscaping need. Whether you're looking for shade trees to cool your home or ornamental trees to add beauty and interest, you'll find the perfect tree at Gertens. Our knowledgeable staff can help you select the right tree for your space and provide tips for care and maintenance. Visit Gertens today and explore the unmatched variety of trees to enhance your outdoor environment!
Niobe Weeping Willow | Salix alba 'Niobe'
Height: 50 feet
Spread: 50 feet
Sunlight: full sun
Hardiness Zone: 4a
Brand: Gertens
Description:
A picturesque specimen tree featuring gracefully weeping golden branches; stunning when overhanging water; needs plenty of wide open space to achieve its finest form at maturity; tends to drop branchlets, aggressive root system, so do not plant near homes
Ornamental Features
Niobe Weeping Willow is primarily valued in the landscape for its highly ornamental weeping form. It has rich green deciduous foliage. The glossy narrow leaves turn yellow in fall. The furrowed brown bark and gold branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest.
Landscape Attributes
Niobe Weeping Willow is a dense deciduous tree with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
This is a high maintenance tree that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
Niobe Weeping Willow is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Niobe Weeping Willow will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 50 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.
This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Available for Pre-Order | No |
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Tree Type | Shade & Ornamental |
Sun Preference | Full-Sun |
USDA Hardiness Zone | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Common Family Name | Willow |