Starting a Weeping Willow Tree.

[flippinout]

I think that Weeping Willow trees are a lovely tree to have in ones yard and to start them is one of the easiest trees to start that I know of.

To start a Weeping Willow tree, all you have to do is cut a branch off an adult tree, making sure to cut the branch at an angle, place the branch or several branches in a vase of water and allow to root. Rooting should take only about 2 weeks.

Decide where you want your tree and when well rooted, plant it. I put a fence around my starter tree so no one would run over it with a lawn mower.

Weeping Willow trees are very fast growing trees. Mine is already about 3 feet tall and is only a year and a half old. This summer should add another couple of feet to its growth.

Be sure when planting any tree that you keep it away from drains and septic tanks as the roots can cause a lot of problems should they get into either.

[troubles74]

Though Weeping Willows are gorgeous trees,and very easy to start you also need to keep in mind the wind factor where you live.If you are septable to get some strong winds where you live you might want to tie your Weeping Willow tree with some strong twine to keep it from blowing in the wind quite so much.

The Weeping Willow tree is very likely to break or fall in windy places,the hanging limbs blow with the wind and put alot of pressure on the main truck of the tree,causing in alot of cases to break the tree.

Other than the wind factor they are great trees,and very beautiful to look at.

[flip_it_fast]

No doubt Flippinout, you want to plant weeping willows well away from the house and drains. The roots of weeping willows can break through foundations, drainage pipes and so on. They are beautiful trees but they will stop at nothing to get to a water supply.

My husbands uncle learned that the hard way. He ended up with about $6,000 in damage from the roots!

[homealone]

I really wish I had the room in my yard for a Weeping Willow. They really are beautiful trees.

There used to be one that was across the road from my grandmothers house. It was beautiful and I fell in love with that tree.

Of course that was many years ago and the tree is now gone, though I will never forget what it looked like and how much I loved it.