I am guessing its newly planted.

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a; Flowers: Flower Color: Gold/Yellow Flower Inflorescence: Catkin Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Size: Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous. Jan 29, The dappled willow (Salix integra ‘Hakuro-nishiki’) is a popular ornamental tree with a graceful weeping habit.

It has lovely gray-green foliage streaked with pink and white. Since this tree grows quickly, pruning a dappled willow is always an important part of the maintenance.

I saw a standard of this plant, thought it might look cool planted with some hosta and my new hydrangeas, to complement the pink and white blooms and add height to the bed.

Read on for information on dappled willow pruning. Attracting the eye with its bright, showy colors, Salix integra 'Hakuro-Nishiki' (Dappled Willow) is a deciduous shrub or small tree of great beauty.

Compact, it sports a luminous variegated foliage on graceful branches throughout the growing season. Emerging pink in spring, the narrow, lance-shaped leaves gradually mature to variegated shades of pink, creamy-white and green, before fading to Climate Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, Jul 27, Posted on July 27, by Don Statham.

I have been wanting to rip out the Salix Integra “Hakoro Nishiki’ for a while now. In fact this fall, my plan was to take a chain saw to it. There would also be a lot of work removing its roots which was a daunting task. Each year, I cut the shrub back two to three times taking off about 4’feet each. Hakuro Nishiki Willow-Pruning.

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saltydad. 14 years ago. Color was just willow green, nothing special about shrub at all. Did put on a lot of height, much larger than what I needed. I cut it hard the next Spring, to reduce scraggly growth of branches, better shape, get the white color back.

It was like having a totally different shrub that.