The drooping form is considered a fluid accent for natural waterways. The leaves are 312 cm long and from 28 cm wide, broader than most other willows. It has broad, round leaves, with bent, pointy tips and thick, silky hairs on their undersides. Its traditional use is beside streams and water features in Asian gardens where, like most willows, it is tolerant of perennial damp and seepage. The Goat willow is a small, scrub-forming tree, reaching a height of 810 m (2633 ft), rarely to 13 m. It is an understory species of the shade garden, thriving under canopy trees both evergreen and deciduous. The weeping willow (Salix babylonica), a native of China, adds a dramatic touch to any outdoor space with its long branches that droop down to the ground. This beauty emerges out of the gardens of Japan where it was bred for its unique semi-weeping form and singular seasonal changes. Showy catkins in spring linger through fall. Well adapted to live in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments, this tiny woody shoot has developed the key strategy to survive the cold staying really small. Willow bark can also contain aspirin-like compounds, so these plants are an essential component of materia medica down through the ages, used by housewives and apothecaries alike. Increasingly at only 1-6cm in height, the dwarf willow (Salix herbaceous) is arguably the world’s smallest tree.
It is the primary material of early daub and wattle construction. Long flexible whip-like growth is essential to basket making and the weaving of wattle fences. The entire clan of genus Salix has always been vital to the ethnobotany of cultures within its range.
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