Weeping Willow Shade Tree
A weeping willow tree is not only loved as a great shade tree but also cherished for the brood rounded crown made of the shimmering light green leaves. This is a tree that will add beauty to your landscape.
The weeping willow tree is the favorite of those who want to add a dramatic touch their garden. Being one of the fastest growing shade trees, weeping willow trees can grow as much as eight feet per year. With their low drooping branches that create a falling canopy, the weeping trees form excellent shade trees that are very much in demand.
Weeping willow trees are the choice of those who love gardening and have a large garden, weeping willow trees are planted for their shade and fast growing ability.
Weeping willow trees have a short trunk with wide branches spreading giving it the round shaped crown. The leaves of the willow are long and narrow with a white or silky surface. Weeping willow trees are one of the first to bear leaves in the spring and the last to lose them in fall. The light green leaves turn yellow in fall.
Weeping willow trees grow small yellow flowers in early spring, and they have inconspicuous white fruits and seeds that are produced throughout the spring
season. The weeping willow trees are droecious trees with male and female flowers borne in cathins in separate plants.
Weeping willow trees will grow in many different types of soil, they are not a very fussy tree when it comes to soil. They do prefer moist and cool conditions and are resistant to drought to some extent. If you have a problem spot where you have standing water or live close to a lake, weeping willow trees are the best to plant due to the fact they like standing water and grow well around ponds, lakes, and pools.
Weeping willows trees are associated with mysticism and witch craft. The witches broom was believed to have been made from the twigs of the willow tree.
Novice to China weeping willow trees have a high adaptability that have made them abundant in Canada and the United States as well.
