purpurea x koriyanagi

This is a female selection and is a vigorous grower with clean foliage rarely bothered by pests and diseases. It produces very few side branches and even at 10ft the stems are slender.

This is an inspired cross as these willows are two of the finest species we grow and the cross is even finer in some ways. For one thing it has inherited the pest resistance and lack of early leaf drop from Salix koriyanagi and is deer resistant.