Flower Notes:
Yellow (Fragrant silvery-yellow flowers in late spring, but somewhat hidden by foliage)
Foliage Notes:
Silver (Gray-green foliage with whitish, scaly tomentum creating a silver-gray effect; no fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Yellow (Silvery-yellow berries coated with silver scales are quite ornamental when abundant in fall)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to a variety of soils and environments
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves alternate, simple, linear-lanceolate (willow-like), 1-3" long and 0.3-0.6" wide, dull green above and silvery below. Round buds have 4 exposed silvery scales. Young stems have thorns.
