The weeping willow (Salix babylonica), sometimes also called Babylon willow, is a polarizing plant. While some adore this unique-looking tree for its droopy charm, others believe that enjoying the ...

You don’t have to be a tree expert to recognize a “Weeping Willow” tree. Native to China, Salix babylonica, commonly called weeping willow or Babylon weeping willow, is a medium to large shade tree ...

Many of us have places in our landscapes where it’s constantly wet. We always say “plants breathe through their roots”, which means that poorly drained sites are bad for most plants since air can’t ...

Often, stories about saving trees involve trees in the path of development. Not this one - a tree so wide and gangly, we have ...

The time of early sunsets is now upon us. This is also when nearly every morning we wake to chilly temperatures that reveal ponds and swamps coated with ice (though such a cover is usually gone by ...

The Ziehmer family - from left, Gretchen, Charlotte and Roy - take a moment to gaze up at their 40-year-old weeping willow that might be one of Michigan's largest. AUBURN When Charlotte Ziehmer took a ...

Craig helps with a weeping willow that's not-so-sad, and speaking of sad, how to properly transplant bleeding hearts. He also has tips for keeping your tree from spreading out too far, the right time ...

The ever-graceful Weeping Willow, (Salix babylonica), a majestic landscape addition, a tree that poets have written numerous prose about, has a dark, nasty secret. How many homeowners out there ...