These are BARE ROOTED plants which can be planted from the end of October until May and will be dispatched as soon as the weather turns cold and they become dormant.The dispatch date depends on the Autumn temperature and varies from year to year. A medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often leaning crown. Growing Details: Common Name: White willow Genus: Salix Species: alba Skill Level: Experienced Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Moist Height: 10 - 30m Spread: n/a Description: The bark is grey-brown, and deeply fissured in older trees. The shoots in the typical species are grey-brown to green-brown. Theleaves are paler than most other willows, due to a covering of very fine, silky white hairs, in particular on the underside; they are 5–10 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm wide. The flowers are produced in catkins in early spring, and pollinated by insects.