Description
PinkFlamingo Salix are an extremely popular plant, with spectacular deep pink foliage covering the entire shrub in Spring. Elegant and fast-growing with new shoots which are heavily blotched with white and pink, fading as the leaf ages, this is fully hardy and very easy to grow. Slender yellow catkins appear in spring before the leaves, these retain a strong pink colour throughout the growing season, producing an enormous range of contrasting colours in the garden. deciduous shrub or small tree, with branches that droop slightly at the tips, reaching a height and spread of 2.5m. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves, to 10cm long,
Aspect-
South-facing or North-facing or West-facing or East-facing
Exposure-
Exposed or Sheltered
Moisture-
Moist but well-drained
Soil-
Loam, Clay, Sand
pH-
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Ultimate height-
1.5-2.5 metres
Ultimate spread-
1.5-2.5 metres
