peachleaf willow
Salix amygdaloides
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moist to wet soil
Sizeup to 60 feet tall
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow , green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) is a tree for shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and moist to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows 35 to 60 feet tall with slightly weeping branches and orange-yellow twigs. Catkins appear before the leaves. Its roots help protect riverbanks from erosion, but the tree is short-lived and can suffer insect, disease, and wind damage.
Pairs well with Sensitive fern, Bladdernut, and Canadian hemlock.
Native range
AZ, CO, IA, ID, and 31 more places. See all 35
AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY; AB, MB, NL, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, and YT.