Salix udensis 'GOLDEN SUNSHINE' Japanese fantail willow
size/type
taller shrub,taller shrub
usual height
2-4m
usual width
2-4m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full to partial sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
5b (down to -27°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Japanese fantail willow is a native species from East Siberia, and all parts of Japan. So far there have been only two varieties registered: green-leaved Sekka, and this yellow-leaved called Golden Sunshine. It was found as a natural mutation, a sport of the species, by Izumi Takuya in Japan in 2005. It was patented as PP19370 in 2008.
Description of the plant:
Golden Sunshine willow makes very elegant, narrowly lance-shaped, deciduous leaves which emerge bright yellow green, mature golden yellow in summer, and turn chartreuse in late summer and autumn. They are 7-10 cm long and withstand summer heat and direct sunshine without sunburn. Catkins are produced in profusion in early spring.Golden Sunshine willow makes an upright, compact, and bushy shrub about 4m tall and 3m wide. It grows vigorously and can be pruned in any way, best after flowering in order to preserve the first food to bees. It can be an informal specimen or a mid-sized screening shrub. I have my plant in a bog border and from spring till autumn it shines like beacon among other water loving plants and perfectly contrasts with red flowering lobelia, hair-leaved dwarf willows, and swamp mallows.
Willows are so easy to grow - no maintenance needed. They can usually take almost any soil apart from too sandy, sharply drained, dry situations. They don’t mind compacted, heavy or water-logged grounds but need moist soil. Grow it in light shade or full sun with occasional watering on hot days of summer to prevent the leaves from drying out. It is fully hardy to min. -27°C.
Last update 05-03-2018
SIZES and PRICES
shrub
height 40-60 cm
895 Kč
shrub
height 40-60 cm
895 Kč
height 30-40 cm
880 Kč
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
