Salix herbacea

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  RHS Plants for Pollinators plants

  This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects.

  It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually.

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dwarf willow

A dwarf shrub, forming a low mat of creeping stems, each with two or three small, broadly oval to rounded leaves. Leaves are thin, slightly glossy green, with conspicuous veins and bluntly toothed edges. Small reddish flowers appear alongside or slightly after the leaves in spring; male flowers turn yellow as the pollen ripens. Flowers on female plants are followed by seed pods that turn red as they ripen