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Outstanding Features:
Weeping growth habit with fine textured branches. Bright yellow color of young stems.
Description:
Height: 50-70'
Width: 30-50'
Hardiness Zone: 3b
Weeping Willows are large round to wide-spreading trees with slender, pendulous branches. New shoots are yellow to yellow-green in color. Leaves are very narrow and 2-4" long. Foliage emerges very early in the spring and remains on the tree late into the fall. They grow very rapidly. Because of their size and pendulous habit, they are best used only on large properties. Willows hybridize readily and their precise identification can be quite confusing.
Requirements and Culture:
Not demanding of site conditions. Prefer ample moisture and are often found along waterways. Branches break readily so pruning and clean up is frequently required.
Limitations:
Tree size and form and brittle branches limit
usefulness on small properties.
Species and Selected Cultivars:
S. alba `Tristis' - is the common
Golden Weeping Willow. It is a large tree. Sometimes sold as `Niobe'.
`Prairie Cascade' - was developed at the
Experiment Station in Morden, Manitoba Canada. It is a hybrid combining
the form of the Weeping Willow with the glossy foliage of the Laurel
Willow.
Photo Credit: 1 MLA; 2 K. Warren.
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States Power Company
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WEEPING WILLOW Salix species