Description
Small, broad, slow growing deciduous shrub (H 0,3-0,5 m, W 1-1,5 m). Crown low, pillow-shaped, dense. Branches widely spreading to prostrate, densely arranged. Bark on young shoots brown. Leaves lanceolate to ovate (1,5-2,5 cm), at first dense silver-grey hairy, later grey-green to light green, underneath densely hairy, lighter. Flowers in clusters, catkins (1-1,5 cm), silver-grey to yellow. Flowering period: April. Seeds numerous, very tiny, with grey-white hairs. Ripening time: May. A tough species, normally withstands urban conditions, cold and drought; it prefers sufficiently drained, light, partly sandy, always moderately moist soils.