PUSSY WILLOW BRANCHES

Availability : Mid and late winter to early spring.
Shelf Life: 10-14 Days
Flower Color : Grayish-white.
Sold by: bunches
bunches: 10 stms per bunch

Botanical Name : Salix caprea
Common Name : Pussy willow
Product Use : Cut Flower
Pronunciation : SAY-liks KAP-re-a
Family Roots : Member of the Salicaceae (willow family) with other willows and poplar as relatives.

Native to Eastern North America.
Personality : Produces grayish-white fuzzy catkins up to 1 inch long, closely spaced along woody branches.

Branches are woody, cut to various lengths.

Plant is a deciduous tree, classed as a dicotyledon, leaves not parallel veined.

Care and Handling : Recut stems under water and place into a fresh flower food

Storage Specifics :Store at 32-34F.

Tidbits : Willows have separate male and female plants and it is the male trees that produce the decorative catkins.

Salix discolor is used for its decorative catkins which are smaller than S. caprea. The specific epithet name "discolor" means of two colors and "caprea" is in reference to a goat.

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world. For centuries, people have used the bark of willow trees to relieve pain and fever without knowing that aspirin as salicylic acid was the active ingredient. We now know that salicylic acid is likely ubiquitous in plants and is involved in many plant growth and development functions.

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