Speckled Willow

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 11 years. It is somewhat resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has several thick, straight stems covered in delicate, ridged, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is pale brown-grey.

The branches trail down towards the ground with thousands of twigs that and are covered with handfuls of small, 9 pointed, leaves with wavy edges. The leaves themselves are green on the edges and yellow at the center, robust and smooth.

It produces thousands of tiny, brown flowers with 7 oblong shaped petals. They detach easily and have a faint scent that smells like new carpet. In late autumn it forms medium-sizedblood red, shelled seeds.