Catalog Description
Most unusual tree having very pendulous branches creating a graceful mound. Trained to best display weeping habit. Develops noticeable trunk with age. Superior specimen or accent. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate growing to 10- to 15-foot umbrella-like crown and 15-foot width, larger with age. Grafted and tissue culture. |
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate-growing into 8 to 10 ft. tall and 15 feet wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
Most unusual tree having very pendulous branches creating a graceful mound. Trained to best display weeping habit. Develops noticeable trunk with age. Superior specimen or accent. Deciduous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Prune semi-annually to maintain topiary form. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Weeping |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 7 (>60 to 90 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 7 (0 to 10 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 2 (-50 to -40 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Dangling catkins
| Flower Color |
| Yellow |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Pendulous catkins in spring. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Grafted and tissue culture |
| Best time to Prune |
| Winter |
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Attributes
Deer Resistant
Extremely Hardy
Fall Color
Fruit-Bearing
Spring Flowering
Year-round Interest |
Foliage
Glossy leaves
| Foliage Shape | Diamond-shaped |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Yellow |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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