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Buy Now: Enhance Your Landscape with Fast Growing Blue Arctic Willows!
Product Overview:
Blue Arctic Willow is a fast-growing shrub that matures to approximately 10 feet tall and wide. This willow shrub is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, from wet to moist to dry once established. Named for its fine textured blue to green top side foliage and silver blue underside foliage, Blue Arctic Willow is also known as Purpleosier Willow for its purple young stems and Basket Willow (Salicaceae).
Key Features of Blue Arctic Willow:
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Botanical Name: Salix purpurea
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Common Names: Blue Arctic Willow, Purpleosier Willow, Basket Willow
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Growth Habit: Matures to approximately 10 feet tall and wide
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Foliage: Fine textured blue to green top side foliage with silver blue underside foliage
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Soil Tolerance: Tolerant of wet, moist, and dry soils once established
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Pruning: Prune back to 6 to 24 inches from the ground for quick regrowth when it becomes too large or untidy
Ideal Uses for Blue Arctic Willow:
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Water Areas: Perfect for planting near water areas
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Informal Hedges: Excellent for creating informal hedges
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Screening: Effective in screening out unsightly areas
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Erosion Control: Ideal for erosion control
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Naturalizing: Suitable for naturalizing in landscapes
Benefits of Blue Arctic Willow:
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Rapid Growth: Fast-growing, reaching maturity quickly
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Cold Hardy: Hardy in zones 3 to 6
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Low Maintenance: Bothered by few issues and easy to care for
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Versatile: Suitable for various landscape settings
Shipping Information:
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Shipping Method: Blue Arctic Willow ships as bare root shrubs in the 2 to 3 foot height range
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Shipping Restrictions: Does not ship well in the heat and humidity of the Southern U.S.
Enhance Your Landscape Today!
Donβt miss the opportunity to add Blue Arctic Willow to your landscape. Its rapid growth, beautiful foliage, and versatility make it a must-have for any garden. Order now to create a vibrant, low-maintenance landscape that enhances your garden's charm.
Photo courtesy Schmacher Nursery
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Shipping Information
Orders containing only hard goods generally ship right away
as the inventory allows. Those items ship year-round and generally within one
week.
When ordering plants during fall or spring shipping, we will
set your order for theΒ next available shipping week appropriate for your
location. April and May are our busiest months, and sometimes shipping delays
happen. Plants may be processed later than scheduled or the shipping department may get behind. This is not the norm, but it does sometimes happen. Please bear with us if this happens.
Our bare-root (field-grown) trees and shrubs typically arrive at the facility for shipping in November, December, and January (for fall shipping) and in February, March, April, and May (for spring shipping).
An example ofΒ month-by-month shippingΒ would be as follows, as plants are available:
January - zones 9 - 10Β
February - zones 8 - 10Β
March - zones 7 - 10
April - zones 6 - 10
May - zones 5 - 9
June - zones 3 - 8
JulyΒ - zones 3 - 7
August - zones 4 - 7
September - zones 5 - 8
October - zones 5 (some areas) - 9
November - zones 6 (some areas)Β - 10Β
December - zones 8 - 10
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