Weeping Willow

My first attempt at Weeping Willow failed — root encroachment near drains or house foundations got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again. The second attempt, with proper attention to staking correctly with a low stak…

Weeping Willow is clearly a great plant — I can see that from other people's results. Mine has been decent but not spectacular, and I think I know why. I underestimated the importance of staking correctly with a low stake to allow the trunk to flex and strengthen in the early stages and paid for it…

I don't have a garden so a specimen on a lawn as a traditional statement tree is my only option for Weeping Willow. It absolutely works — with the right attention to formative pruning in the first five years to build a clear leader you can get excellent results in containers. significant impact on …

Someone gave me Weeping Willow as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was keeping a mulch-free collar immediately around the trunk — once that clicked, the plant…