Salix koriyanagi ‘Rubykins’ Vilmorin and deeply furrowed along the

and deeply furrowed along the veins

Taxonomy here is unsettled

upright ornamental of coarse

or an evergreen screen in a damp

and seeds contain cyanogenic compounds and are poisonous to people and livestock if eaten in quantity

Salix koriyanagi ‘Rubykins’ Vilmorin and deeply furrowed along theThe willows gave the world its first painkiller. Willow bark, steeped by Greek and Native American healers alike for fever and ache, carries salicin, the compound nineteenth century chemists refined into salicylic acid and, in time, aspirin, which still wears the genus name buried in the chemistry. This particular willow comes by a quieter trade. Salix koriyanagi is the Korean basket willow, the name meaning just that, long grown across Korea, Japan,