When Does the Willow Tree Bloom? Latest Blooming Period Introduction

Willow trees have very high ornamental value in landscaping and are often planted in residential communities, gardens, schools, factories, hillsides, courtyards, roadsides, and in front of buildings. Their branches spread out in all directions, giving courtyards patches of green. They are an ideal tree species for beautifying courtyards. Willow planting in China has a history of more than four thousand years. Now let us take a look at when willow trees bloom!

When Do Willow Flowers Bloom?

Willow trees bloom from April to May each year, with catkins. The male catkins are 2 to 4 cm long. The female catkins are about 2 cm long, have short stalks, are slightly curved, 1 to 1.5 cm long, have one gland, an ovary without hairs, no stalk, a very short style, and a 2-lobed stigma. The capsule is 3 to 4 mm long, greenish-brown, and splits into 2 valves when mature. The seeds have cottony hairs. The fruiting period is April to May.

Medicinal Value of Willow Flowers

[Nature and Flavor] Bitter in taste, cold in nature.

[Meridian Entry] Liver and Large Intestine meridians.

[Efficacy] Dispels wind, drains dampness, stops bleeding, and disperses blood stasis. It treats wind-edema, jaundice, coughing blood, vomiting blood, blood in the stool, bloody strangury, amenorrhea in women, and toothache.

[Usage] Internal use: mash for juice or grind into powder, 1 to 3 qian. External use: grind into powder or burn to retain its nature and sprinkle on.

1. To treat fever and stopped menstruation in unmarried women: willow flowers 5 to 7 qian, Arnebia root 1 liang 2 qian, cimicifuga 9 qian, angelica body 7 qian 5, grind the above into powder, take 7 qian per dose, mix with decocted grape juice and take.

2. To treat noma: burn poplar flowers until their nature is retained, add a little musk and apply.

Medicinal Value of Willow Trees

1. Willow flowers: Willow flowers are also called willow seeds. Cool in nature and soft, they can be used as pillow filling to calm the mind and aid sleep. If willow flowers are ground fine, they can treat jaundice, coughing blood, vomiting blood, blood in the stool, and amenorrhea in women. For external use, they can also treat toothache.

2. Willow leaves: Willow leaves have the same effects as willow catkins and are rich in tannins. They clear heat, detoxify, drain dampness, and reduce swelling. Decocted in water and taken orally, they can treat upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, cystitis, mumps, and pharyngitis. Mashed and applied externally, they can treat heel pain.

3. Willow branches: Willow branches are a traditional wonderful bone-setting medicine in Chinese medicine. Decocted in water and taken orally, they can treat coronary heart disease, chronic bronchitis, urinary tract infections, burns and scalds, and so on. Decocted in water for fumigation and washing, they have a clear effect on rheumatic and rheumatoid arthritis.

4. Willow roots: Willow roots can dispel wind, drain dampness, reduce swelling, and relieve pain. They can treat breast abscess, toothache, otitis media, jaundice, and other diseases. Boiled with wine and taken, their effects of dispelling wind, reducing swelling, and relieving pain are even better.

5. Willow bark: Willow bark can remove phlegm, brighten the eyes, clear heat, and dispel wind. Decocted in water for fumigation and washing, it can also treat stubborn scabies and ringworm.

6. Willow debris: Willow debris is the frass in holes bored by insects in willow trees. Decocted in water for bathing, or stir-fried hot and wrapped in cloth for warm compresses, it can treat prurigo and dermatitis.