Scarlet Willow, Large Trees

Salix alba Britzensis: Bareroot Coral Bark Willow Trees in Standard Sizes

The Coral Bark or Scarlet Willow tree, Salix alba Britzensis has fantastic, yellow, red and orange young branches for a great winter display.
This Willow can reach a height of about 20 metres, but is usually pollarded to encourage new growth.

Browse our variety of willow trees or our full range of garden trees.

The trees on this page are delivered as large standards, suitable for pollarding at a height of about 2-3 metres. If you want a lower plant, or to prune it as a coppiced shrub, use our sapling Scarlet Willows.

Delivery season: Willow trees are delivered bareroot during late autumn and winter, approximately November-March inclusive.
Choosing a size: Small trees are cheaper, easier to handle and more forgiving of less than ideal aftercare, so they are best for a big planting project. If instant impact is your priority, or if you are only buying a few plants for use in a place where it is convenient to water them well in their first year, then you may as well use bigger ones. All our bareroot trees are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots aren't measured).

Features:

• Height: 20m
• Soil: Loves wet soil in full sun
• Fabulous red-orange bark on new stems
• Responds well to hard pruning
• Bareroot delivery only: November-March

Growing Willows

Willows thrive best on wet soil in full sun, ideally beside water, but really are not fussy as long they have enough light. This species likes chalk.

They respond well to pruning, and are perfect for coppicing and pollarding.