Q: It looks as if I'm about to lose half of my weeping willow tree. It has been dropping small branches for a year or two, but now the entire west side has died. It lost its leaves a couple of ...

Weeping willow By Tracy Burton Sep 28, 2002 AUBURN When Charlotte Ziehmer took a cutting from her sister-in-law s willow tree in 1962 she never knew the potential it had.

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, graceful branches that swayed in the breeze. It was also a magnificent mess.

Question: My two weeping willows, which are only 3 years old, look as if they are dying. The leaves became spotted and fell off. What’s happening? How do I care for the trees? R.K., Deltona A… ...

Willow trees can look magnificent, but can also leave a magnificent mess in yards. ... When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard.

Q: I had this happen last year to another tree. This one is a weeping willow. I know it is still alive because it is starting to bud. But there is a big wound in the bark, and it is cracking above it.

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, graceful branches that swayed in the breeze. It was also a magnificent mess.

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, graceful branches that swayed in the breeze. It was also a magnificent mess.