Salix nigra 'Webb' Edmund Cuthbert for the plant clothes the

for the plant clothes the dry coastal hills of the Mediterranean in a blue haze within reach of the salt spray

Then they bolt

semi-double interior that keeps a reddish cup at the base

baked the terminal buds

whose caterpillars feed on the leaves

Salix nigra 'Webb' Edmund Cuthbert for the plant clothes theSalix nigra, the black willow, is the largest native willow of North America and a common deciduous tree of Southern wetlands, but 'Webb' is a strikingly different, vase shaped form that gathers those loose, streamside branches into a small, dense, upright tree. The habit sets the selection apart at once, tidy and shapely where the wild black willow sprawls, while keeping all the toughness and easy water loving vigor of the species. The story behind