Characteristics of willow Willow is an ecological amplitude plant with wide adaptability to the environment. Light-loving, wet-loving and cold-resistant, it is a medium-sized wet tree species. However, some species are also more drought-tolerant and salt-tolerant, and can grow in places with poor ecological conditions, and grow better in plain areas with superior site conditions. The average life span is 20~30 years, and a few varieties can reach 100 years or more.

Alias water willow, weeping willow, weeping willow. The branches are slender and drooping. Leaves narrowly lanceolate or linearly lanceolate. Varieties and types are curved weeping willows and weeping willows; Yellow-skinned weeping willows with yellow-green or brown branches and short internodes; Red-skinned weeping willows, long oval crown, purplish red or sauce purple branchlets, broad leaves with needles.

Knowledge expansion: willow is the general name of a plant: Salix matsudana. , Kimura willow, weeping willow? Weeping willow. , Pterocarya stenoptera C.DC?

There are many kinds of willows, which are easy to cross. Hybrid has strong growth potential and adaptability, and it is easy to reproduce asexually. You can choose from natural or artificial hybrid populations and obtain excellent clonal varieties through asexual propagation. In addition, a large number of high-quality seedlings can be obtained quickly by plant tissue culture.

Breeding based on garden ornamental should focus on improving its branches, leaves and tree shape, and improving its anti-pollution ability and pruning and shaping ability. ?