Weeping Pussy Willow

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I've you've never seen a Weeping Pussy Willow tree, you're in for a treat. These are very unique plants, and they are easy to grow from scratch. Rooting weeping pussy willows cuttings is pretty easy, and the rooted cuttings can be trained into interesting weeping trees.

Weeping Pussy Willow looks just like a regular Pussy Willow shrub, except the branches grow inverted. If you can find one of these interesting plants at a garden center, they are usually rather pricey. $50.00 to $100. Typically the weeping variety is grafted or budded onto an upright Willow stem, but what I do is take a cutting from the weeping pussy willow, root the cutting, then train my new plant to grow as a single stem tree, then once it's about 5 or 6 feet high I train it to develop a weeping head.

Take a look at these photos:

Weeping Pussy Willow is actually a fast growing plant.
As you can see in this photo I planted the rooted cutting
in my garden, then start training it to grow as a single
stem plant by tying it to a stake.

In this photo you can see how I train these plants,
intentionally putting a few crooks in the main stem
to give them additional character. As if they are
not already interesting enough.

A little closer look at one of my
Weeping Pussy Willow creations.

These plants are really fun to grow! If you have a friend that has a Weeping Pussy Willow maybe you can take a few cuttings. If not, you'll have to check around with your local garden centers to see if you can find one you can buy.

I normally root Weeping Pussy Willow as softwood cuttings, but since I had to go out and trim my plants so I could take the photos you see here, I decided to see if I could root them as hardwood cuttings. You can see those photos on this page: Hardwood cuttings of deciduous plants.

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