Peachleaf Willow
Salix amygdaloides
Peachleaf willow is a graceful streamside willow tree with glossy, peach-like leaves, lining rivers across the Plains and West. Early catkins feed emerging pollinators along the water's edge.
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–40 ft
- Spacing
- 15–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~455 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY