{"id":11205,"date":"2018-12-28T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=11205"},"modified":"2018-12-24T18:59:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T23:59:50","slug":"weeping-landscape-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/12\/28\/weeping-landscape-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeping Landscape Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11207\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Salix-babylonica-4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11207\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Salix-babylonica-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Salix-babylonica-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Salix-babylonica-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Salix-babylonica-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salix babylonica<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Weeping\u00a0forms of\u00a0willows (<em>Salix spp<\/em>.), flowering cherries (<em>Prunus spp<\/em>.), pines (<em>Pinus spp<\/em>.), spruces (<em>Picea spp<\/em>.) and European beeches (<em>Fagus sylvatica<\/em>) are\u00a0magnificent landscape features.\u00a0Weeping forms of evergreen and deciduous trees develop strong upright central leaders,\u00a0and their outward branches cascade downward.\u00a0\u00a0Among conifer species there are over 150 different cultivars\u00a0with\u00a0pendulous habits.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u00a0is a list of\u00a028 weeping tree species. I have tried to choose the best cultivars\u00a0available in the U.S. nursery trade. Weeping cultivars tend to be a bit more pricier than non-weeping forms.\u00a0A nursery usually must\u00a0put an additional 2-4 years in staking and pruning young trees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weeping Japanese Maples (<em>Acer palmatum<\/em>) \u2013\u2018Ryusen\u2019, &#8216;Matsukake&#8217;, &#8216;Omuyarama&#8217;, &#8216;Green Cascade&#8217; among others\n<p><div id=\"attachment_11212\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Styrax-japonicus-Pendula-4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11212\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11212\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Styrax-japonicus-Pendula-4-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Styrax-japonicus-Pendula-4-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Styrax-japonicus-Pendula-4-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Styrax-japonicus-Pendula-4-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Styrax japonicus &#8216;Pendula&#8217;<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Weeping river birch (<em>Betula nigra)<\/em> \u2018Summer Cascade\u2122\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping birch (<em>Betula pendula)\u00a0<\/em>&#8216;Youngii\u2019, &#8216;Carelica&#8217;, &#8216;Dalecarlica&#8217;, &#8216;Golden Cloud&#8217;, &#8216;Gracilis&#8217;, &#8216;Laciniata&#8217;, &#8216;Purpurea&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Weeping katsura tree (<em>Cercidiphyllum japonicum<\/em>) &#8211; &#8216;Pendula&#8217;, &#8216;Tidal Wave&#8217;, &#8216;Amazing Grace&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Weeping redbud (<em>Cercis canadensis<\/em>) &#8211; \u2018Traveller\u2019, \u2018Ruby Falls\u2019, Lavender Twist\u00ae (\u2018Covey\u2019), \u2018Whitewater&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Blue Atlas cedar (<em>Cedrus atlantica)<\/em> \u2018Pendula\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Himalayan cedar (<em>Cedrus deodara)<\/em> \u2018Pendula\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping beech (<em>Fagus sylvatica) &#8211;<\/em> \u2018Pendula, &#8216;Purpurea Pendula&#8217;, &#8216;Pendula&#8217;, &#8216;Atropunicea&#8217;, &#8216;Atropurpurea&#8217;, \u2018Purpurea Pendula\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Japanese Larch (<em>Larix kaempferi)<\/em> &#8216;Pendula&#8217;)<\/li>\n<li>Weeping crabapple (<em>Malus<\/em> x ) &#8211; \u2018Red Jade\u2019, &#8216;Louisa&#8217;, &#8216;Luwick&#8217;, Molten Lava\u2122 (\u2018Molazam\u2019), &#8216;Royal Fountain&#8217;, several others<\/li>\n<li>Weeping white mulberry (<em>Morus alba) &#8211;<\/em> \u2018Pendula\u2019 (female clone \u2013sets fruits); &#8216;Chaparral\u2019 (male clone \u2013 no fruits)<\/li>\n<li>Weeping blackgum (<em>Nyssa sylvatica<\/em>) \u2018Autumn Cascade\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies)<\/em> \u2018Pendula\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Serbian spruce (<em>Picea omorika)<\/em> \u2018Pendula<\/li>\n<li>Weeping white pine (<em>Pinus strobus)<\/em>\u00a0\u2018Pendula<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Flowering Apricot (<em>Prunus mume)<\/em> &#8216;Pendula&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Weeping cherries (<em>Prunus serrulata)<\/em> &#8216;Kiku-shidare-zakura&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Higan cherry (<em>Prunus subhirtella)<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;Pendula&#8217;, &#8216;Pendula Alba&#8217;, and &#8216;Pendula Rubra&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Yoshino cherry (<em>Prunus x yedoensis)<\/em> \u2018Snow Fountains\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Weeping willow (<em>Salix spp.<\/em>) \u2013 many weeping cultivars listed<em> S. babylonica<\/em>; add Contorted leaf willow<em> (Salix matsudana<\/em> &#8216;Tortuosa&#8217;)\n<p><div id=\"attachment_11213\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Morus-alba-Pendula-2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11213\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11213\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Morus-alba-Pendula-2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Morus-alba-Pendula-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Morus-alba-Pendula-2-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Morus-alba-Pendula-2-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morus alba &#8216;Pendula&#8217;<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Japanese styrax (<em>Styrax japonica<\/em>) &#8211; &#8216;Pendula&#8217;, &#8216;Carillon&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Pagoda Tree (<em>Styphnolobium japonicum)<\/em> &#8216;Pendula&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Bald cypress (<em>Taxodium distichum<\/em>) \u2013 \u2018Cascade Falls\u2019, \u2018Falling Waters\u2019 (both grafted shrub forms that may be trained into small weeping tree forms)<\/li>\n<li>Little leaf linden (<em>Tilia cordata<\/em>) &#8211; &#8216;Pendula Nana&#8217; and &#8216;Girard&#8217;s Pendula Nana&#8217; (both are dwarf forms)<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Silver Linden (<em>Tilia petiolaris)<\/em> \u2018Pendula<\/li>\n<li>Canadian hemlock (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>) \u2018Pendula\u2019 \u2013 several weeping shrub forms<\/li>\n<li>Camperdown elm (<em>Ulmus glabra)<\/em> &#8216;Camperdownii&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Weeping Alaskan cedar (<em>Xanthocyparis nootkatensis)<\/em> &#8216;Pendula&#8217;, \u2018Jubilee\u2019, \u2018Strict Weeping\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weeping\u00a0forms of\u00a0willows (Salix spp.), flowering cherries (Prunus spp.), pines (Pinus spp.), spruces (Picea spp.) and European beeches (Fagus sylvatica) are\u00a0magnificent landscape features.\u00a0Weeping forms of evergreen and deciduous trees develop strong upright central leaders,\u00a0and their outward branches cascade downward.\u00a0\u00a0Among conifer species there are over 150 different cultivars\u00a0with\u00a0pendulous habits. Here\u00a0is a list of\u00a028 weeping tree species. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[839,1218,834,1082,1319,1111,1105,1498,1333,1450,879,604,153,1062,862,853,623,1173,1133,1457,1011,601,729,703,469,902,1026,1321,831,1198,7,950],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11205"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11250,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205\/revisions\/11250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}