Prairie Willow, Upland Willow

The Prairie Willow has a large native range from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, going fairly far north in Canada, to northeast Texas to northwe...Read Morest Florida found in both wet lowlands and dry uplands. Despite that, I've only seen one group of this species so far at the Dwarf Plant Collection of Morton Arboretum in northeast Illinois. Its hardiness zones go from 3 to 8. It is a shrub usually about 4 feet high, but a height range of 2 to 8 or even 10 feet is possible. Its leaves have a gray-green color, are whitened or downy beneath, have sort of wavy edges, and tend to be crowded at the ends of the twigs. It has a fibrous root system and is easy to transplant. I think it makes a good-looking low shrub. It is sold by some native plant nurseries.