Why Plant Dappled Willow?
Dappled Willow will bring a joyful pop of color to your landscape with its cheerful pink, white, and green variegated foliage. This fast-growing Accent will quickly fill out to become the star of your entryway garden, patio area, or poolside plantings. If you favor clean lines and manicured landscapes, you can easily shear its foliage into a tight globe shape, and if you prefer a more informal look, you can let it take a more free-flowing, natural rounded form. The choice is yours with this handsome, colorful, and adaptable Accent!
You probably wouldn’t look twice if you saw this plant clothed in its usual green color in the wilds of Korea and Japan. This selection, however, is a jaw-dropper. Simply calling its pink/white/green foliage variegated would be an injustice, so the Japanese named it Hakuro-, meaning “white dew,” Nishiki, meaning “a beautiful combination of colors”—in reference to intricate Japanese tapestries made in days past. The Japanese had been growing this beaut for some time when Dutch plantsman Harry Van Der Laar brought it to the West’s attention in 1979.
How to use Dappled Willow in the landscape?
Grow Dappled Willow next to plants with red or purple foliage or evergreens with deep green leaves to create more drama. The contrast will make its bright, lively variegation stand out even more.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 3-7
How To Plant Dappled Willow
Dappled Willow, also known as Hakuro Nishiki Willow, is a fast grower and has the best foliage color that we have ever seen on a willow! The Japanese name refers to the coloring of the leaves; the leaves emerge as a mixture of white, pink, and green. The Dappled Willow will provide it’s best foliage color if planted in full sun, if planted in a shaded area – the leaves will fade to all green. They prefer to be planted in soil that is moist, but not wet. Dappled Willows also have no major insect problems.
How To Water
These babies should be watered twice a week. When they are young you'll want to water them very deeply and as it ages you can water less frequently, giving it an inch of water a week.
How To Fertilize
Dappled Willows are not ones to really need fertilizer, but if you do wish to give your plant a little boost in the springtime or after planting. We recommend using our Elements Starter Plant Food for that magical growth boost!
How To Prune
Your willow will always have its best foliage color when you prune it regularly. Early each spring, before your willow starts to grow, prune out the some of the oldest stems down at ground level and also shear the newest growth from the previous year back by 50%. This will ensure a strong flush of colorful new growth each year. Then, in late spring shear it again, removing 50% of the newest growth to get a strong and colorful flush of summer growth.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
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Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
