As soon as they call willow among the people! Willow, rakita, vine, willow … All these names refer to the same plant from the Willow family. Songs are composed about a beautiful tree, legends circulate about it. Willows usually prefer damp places, but there are also those that grow in dry places or in the forest among other trees. In general, all willows are divided into two main types: tree-like and shrubby. The latter are often called talnik. It is this name that is most often found in crosswords and crosswords ("shrub willow - 7 letters"). But willow is only one of the varieties of a beautiful shrub from the Willow family.
Shrub willow
Despite the common name, plants are very diverse. Willow branches are used to weave baskets, make furniture, make funny wicker crafts. Some tree species grow so fast that a sprout planted in the ground can only grow up to three meters in the summer. Shrub willow is extremely tenacious. She will be the first to move to conflagrations, easily grows along roadsides, near railroad tracks and dry rivers. Shrub willow can "live" in the mountains,The Arctic, in the Far North - wherever there is at least a small piece of land. Some bushes are quite tall. These are willow-shaped (she is also belotal, bodywork, or vine), yellow willow (sheluga), blueberry willow. They grow throughout Eurasia, but they never become very tall, although they grow up to one meter. However, these types of plants are not the most interesting.
Baby Bush
In the rocky mountains of America, in our Siberia, in the Arctic, and other cold regions, perhaps the most unique shrub willow grows. They call her dwarf, but even this word is an exaggeration. The growth of an adult willow sometimes does not exceed 2.5 centimeters. Interestingly, their leaves can be the same size. Just as tiny is the small shrubby netted willow. It grows in the arctic tundra and easily takes root on rubble, stones, adjacent to lichens. This species is very fond of deer. In summer, they eat leaves with pleasure, and in winter they dig out frozen branches from under the snow.
Decorative willows
- Goat willow. It was bred specifically for landscape design. In early spring, long, silvery, spring-scented inflorescences-earrings appear on the willow. After a warm winter, they appear at the end of March.
- Loholistnaya willow in the spring pleases others with delicate pearl-gray leaves. Only in the middle of summer the foliage turns into the usual green color.
- There are shrubby willows that retain their smoky color until autumn. This is a creeping silver willow and hairy willow.
- Alpine willow blooms even before the leaves appear on it. This shrub feels great on rocky slopes, so it can often be found between blocks of large alpine slides.
- The Sakhalin willow in Germany was nicknamed the dragon tree because of the bizarre, winding, snake-like shoots.
In park design, not only shrubs are used, but among the willows there are not only babies. So, the white willow grows up to 25 meters, and it can often be found in classic parks. Huge branches can completely replace the gazebo.
