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willow 'Mark Postill' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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willow 'Mark Postill'

Salix 'Mark Postill' (f)

Low Maintenance

Genus: Salix
Family: Salicaceae

About this plant

'Mark Postill' is a compact, spreading, deciduous shrub, to 1m tall and 2m wide, with purplish-brown winter shoots. Rounded to elliptic leaves emerge a pale green when young becoming downy-white before darkening with age. Stout, greenish-yellow catkins are borne over a long period in spring

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ChalkLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

North FacingSouth FacingWest FacingEast Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in a moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or part shade

Pruning

Pruning group 1

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer or hardwood cuttings in winter

Pests

Can get aphids, caterpillars, leaf beetles and sawflies

Diseases

May be affected by rust diseases

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage Informal

Planting Places

Outdoor

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years