Salix nigra 'Webb' Edmund Cuthbert and the American spicebush

and the American spicebush

and salt air

and one of the finest plants going for a hot

Then they bolt

even boggy ground of swamps

Salix nigra 'Webb' Edmund Cuthbert and the American spicebushSalix nigra, the black willow, is the largest native willow of North America and a common deciduous tree of Southern wetlands, but 'Webb' is a strikingly different, vase shaped form that gathers those loose, streamside branches into a small, dense, upright tree. The habit sets the selection apart at once, tidy and shapely where the wild black willow sprawls, while keeping all the toughness and easy water loving vigor of the species. The story behind