Can You Keep a Weeping Willow Small?

Weeping willow trees develop long branches—sometimes long enough to reach the ground. ... The long branches can become an obstruction to foot traffic and make landscape maintenance more difficult than it has to be. You can shorten them to any length as long as you cut just below a leaf bud.

How do you keep a weeping willow short?

If you shorten the branches, always cut just beyond a leaf bud or twig. Don't allow branches to grow on the lower part of the tree. If you catch new growth soon enough, you can stop it by pinching it off or rubbing it with your fingers. Willow trees grow quickly, and this makes them susceptible to wind breakage.

Can you get small weeping willow trees?

An elegant very small weeping tree with bright green slightly twisted leaves and slender catkins in spring. Dwarf weeping willow is good in any soil, in sheltered sunny or semi shade positions and like all other Willow trees, good near water in damp soil. ...