Willows are a large group of plants classified as members of the Salix or Salicaceae family. From the beautiful cascade of the willow tree to the fuzzy catkins of the pussy willow, these plants are ...

Curly willows add interest and texture to gardens, and their stems add a touch of whimsy to bouquets, arrangements and seasonal porch pots. (Credit: Minter Country Garden) When you look out a window ...

A common native willow in Marin County is arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis. There are six species of willow in Marin and 32 willow species in California. Most grow along streams, ponds or wetlands.

I’ve been writing these nature columns for many years, and I hope to write them for years to come, but sometimes the writing doesn’t come easy. The other evening was one of those difficult times. As I ...

Cam Webb and Steffi Ickert-Bond May 5, 2024 May 5, 2024 The first sign of active plant life after the long Interior Alaska winter is the appearance of soft, fuzzy, young catkins on felt-leaf willow ...

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. By the time this appears in print, pussy willows should be fat and furry almost everywhere. What we call pussy willows are actually the male catkins -- pollen-producing parts -- of ...

The weeping willow is the best known of Salix but, with 300 relatives, this species has even more to offer than its majestic, drooping branches and fluffy catkins The most familiar representatives of ...

The ever-graceful Weeping Willow, (Salix babylonica), a majestic landscape addition, a tree that poets have written numerous prose about, has a dark, nasty secret. How many homeowners out there ...

The association between willow (Salix) and rust (Melampsora) is highly specific. Willows named Salix burjatica, S. dasyclados (S. x dasyclados) and S. x calodendron are important in renewable-energy ...