A medium to large shrub with mottled white, green and pink foliage. Very popular plant.
Pronunciation
(SAY-lik)
Plant Type
All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous
Hardiness Zone
4-9
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average to moist
Soil & Site
average to moist
Flowers
yellow catkins, early spring
Leaves
mottled white, green and pink coloration
Stems
red to pink in the winter
Maintenance
Pruning the plant to promote new colorful stems. I have seen large plants pruned back to stumps and they have re-sprouted.
Propagation
cuttings
Cultivar Origin
Introduced in 1979
Misc Facts
Hakuro-nishiki’ refers to the blend of colors in the variegated leaves.(syn: Fuiji Koriangi, Fuiji Nishiki, Dappled Japanese Willow, etc.)
Author's Notes
I have been growing this Willow in my yard for 4 years. It is "Romaine Lettuce" for the rabbits so it never has reached over a couple of feet. A very popular plant. I have seen it grown as a medium to large shrub (controlled with hard pruning), very large multi-stemmed shrubs and bottom branches removed forming mulit-stmemed small trees. This can also be purchased as a standard (trained to a single stem)
Notes & Reference
#161-Paghat's Gardens (www.paghat.com),
#144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org)