Salix myrsinites

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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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myrtle willow

A low-growing, spreading shrub, to around 50cm high, with dark reddish-brown young stems, and small, glossy green leaves with serrated edges, sometimes scattered with fine white hairs when young. The previous year's leaves sometimes remain on the plant until the following spring. Fluffy catkins with reddish purple anthers are produced alongside the new leaves in late spring