Placement Matters

Willows are naturally associated with moisture and many grow quickly. Give them room, and avoid placing large-growing types where vigorous roots or brittle mature wood would create unnecessary maintenance problems.

About This Variety

Salix purpurea 'Nana' FEATURES A beautiful and popular garden shrub with fine foliage, fine whip-like branches and a consistent, rounded habit of growth; quite hardy, takes pruning well; use for its form and texture to create interest in the garden. CHARACTERISTICS Plant Type: Shrub Shrub Type: Deciduous Flower Color: Habit: Upright Rounded Shrub Spacing: 6 Feet Spread: 6 Feet Flower Shade: Container Roll: Filler Height Category: Short Shrub Height: 5 Feet Foliage Colors: Bluish Green Foliage Shade: Bluish Green Common Names: Basket Willow Purple Willow Purple Osier Attracts: Polinators Butterflies Resists: Deer Clay Soil Wet Soil Black Walnut PLANT NEEDS Light Requirement: Full Sun Maintenance Category: Easy Blooms On: New Growth Bloom Time: April - May Hardiness Zones: Perennial in Zones 4a - 8 Find Your Hardiness Zone Watering Needs: Average Water regularly - As long as their is good drainage, it will do well with wet soil Uses: Landscape, Mass Plantings, Hedge, Rain Garden Patented: No Fertilizer: Apply a slow release fertilizer in early spring.

Maintenance Notes: Prefers moist soil. Pruning is quality done immediately after winter; Pruning really isn't necessary. Fertilize in early spring by applying a slow release fertilizer specialized for trees & shrubs.

Follow the label for recommended rate of application. This is a fast growing plant. Don't plant directly near water pipes just to be safe, but shrub varieties root systems aren't as widely spread as tree types.

These should be safe against a house with no issue.