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Salix purpurea 'Canyon Blue'

Purple Osier

Plant Type:

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS

Salix purpurea ‘Canyon Blue’ – We love this useful, pretty plant with small elliptic bluish leaves on dark purple pliable stems. This form of the Purple Osier is best pruned down every two years for a shorter, denser plant. It is beautiful as a foil in the perennial garden or among bolder-leafed shrubs. It has been used in basket weaving. Established pot grown shrub from cutting.


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Height:

4-6 Ft

Spread:

3-5 Ft

Zone:

3 to 6(7)
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Characteristics and Attributes for Salix purpurea 'Canyon Blue'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Late Winter / Spring

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / Autumn

Interesting Bark

  • Wiry
  • Colored

Light

  • Full Sun

Attributes

  • Border
  • Shrub Border
  • Basketry
  • Hedge
  • Hedgerow
  • Labyrinth

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Moderately Fast

Soil

  • Fertile
  • Moist

Origins

  • Garden Origin

Propagated By

  • Cutting Grown