Flowers:
White (Dioecious, gray-white catkins (1" long); early spring)
Foliage:
Green (Blue-green summer foliage); Yellow (Poor fall color)
Fruit:
Brown (Small capsule not ornamentally important)
Soil:
Prefers moist to wet soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are alternate, simple, narrow, cuneate, oblanceolate, oblong-obovate, serrulate towards the apex, dark-bluish in color above, glaucous beneath at 2-4" in length and 1/8" in width. Buds are described as appressed, glabrous, and have a purple hue. Flowers are catkins nearing 1" in length, yellowish-white in color that gives way to small brown capsules.
