(Free) Landscaping Flamingo Dappled Willow

Gardenerdy provides some tips for growing and taking care of this plant.

Landscaping flamingo dappled willow. The dappled willow is an excellent choice if you are looking for an accent plant for your landscape. Focus on cutting off the oldest thickest branches as well as any diseased branches or. The drooping form is considered a fluid accent for natural waterways. However the plant may not tolerate full sun in locations with long and hot summers. Useful as a main focal point in the garden hedging screening. Growing dappled willow trees have leaves that are light green mottled with white in the spring and summer and the flamingo inspired new growth of deep pink color. Dappled willow salix integra hakuro nishiki is a very similar plant to the flamingo.

Fantastic variegated foliage of pink white and bright apple green on a graceful easy to grow shrub. If you want to keep the willow in a natural form simply cut off select branches down to the ground with pruning shears to thin the willow out every 1 or 2 years. Foliage resists heat scorch and stands up to rain and wind. In the winter do the same with hardwood. Leave lots of room in the garden when planting. To prune a dappled willow wait until early winter when the weather has turned cold for good in your area and the plant has gone dormant. It is an understory species of the shade garden thriving under canopy trees both evergreen and deciduous.

In fact the flamingo willow is a sport of the dappled willow achieved by propagating a genetic mutation of dappled willow. Can be easily pruned several times spring through fall. Dappled willows like the rest of the willow family are simple to propagate. Dappled willow flamingo willow shrimp willow dappled japanese willow variegated willow salix integra albomaculata salix integra nishiki flamingo salix fuiri koriyanagi attracting the eye with its bright showy colors salix integra hakuro nishiki dappled willow is a deciduous shrub or small tree of great beauty. During the spring cut 8 inch lengths of softwood stems with no leaves. Bring out its best colors by growing the dappled willow in full sun. Occasional pruning to shape promotes a flush of colorful new leaves.

Its traditional use is beside streams and water features in asian gardens where like most willows it is tolerant of perennial damp and seepage. Dappled willow grows very rapidly.