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Weeping willow cutting question.

KevanchristianKevanchristian Posts: 3
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So I'm planning to ask our neighbor if I can clip some cuttings from his weeping willow tree. But as I'm planning it I'm seeing that if you do cut a 8 inch or so branch. Than It will grow multiple branches to the side and then grow upwards. If i want a tree that is just one branch that goes up do I cut the other ones off and bury it? So that the only one showing is the one I left to grow? Thank you!

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,361
    Are you talking about the little willow known as Kilmarnock Willow or the large tree often seen by the riverside?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • KevanchristianKevanchristian Posts: 3
    nutcutlet said:
    Are you talking about the little willow known as Kilmarnock Willow or the large tree often seen by the riverside?
    Well, I suppose the riverside one. I just want a a single tree that grows straight up not a bunch of branches coming out of the sides of the origanal branch. What do you suggest? Should I clip all the other stems coming out and bury the original brach when the new one is old enough to be the main tree?
    Thank you!
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,361
    How long is your cutting? for real success I think you need something as long as you wish the trunk to be. Something like that will root as I found when I made a 'temporary' tripod to support some climbers. Then rub out any side growth as soon as it appears. It's what they do so you'll have to keep at it


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,854
    Do you have a lot of space and a river?   They do get huge.

    I took cuttings from a neighbours tree a few years ago before we moved.  I took 6' long stems just hanging down from the mother tree and put them in water till they rooted and then I planted some out along the stream that ran alongside our paddock and potted up a few more - one for me to bring here and the others to give to a couple of friends.   

    The one I kept is now planted on the borders of a large, unlined pond and is branching out nicely and starting to weep convincingly.  I did smooth off a few of the lower leaf buds on the main stem as it was growing in its first year and left others higher up to grow out to become branches.


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • TeriannemilyTeriannemily Posts: 74
    Be aware they grow huge. We had one for years which just took over our garden and our neighbours no matter how much we pruned and chopped.Also the fallen leaves were a problem caused blocked drains we had to have it took out in the end for that reason 
  • KevanchristianKevanchristian Posts: 3
    Obelixx said:
    Do you have a lot of space and a river?   They do get huge.

    I took cuttings from a neighbours tree a few years ago before we moved.  I took 6' long stems just hanging down from the mother tree and put them in water till they rooted and then I planted some out along the stream that ran alongside our paddock and potted up a few more - one for me to bring here and the others to give to a couple of friends.   

    The one I kept is now planted on the borders of a large, unlined pond and is branching out nicely and starting to weep convincingly.  I did smooth off a few of the lower leaf buds on the main stem as it was growing in its first year and left others higher up to grow out to become branches.


    Yes. We have a creek that is about 500 feet from one side of our property to the other. I was thinking about a tree every 40 feet or so. The only problem is that the creek is seasonal. So it dries up in the hottest months in summer. I can probably water them by hand or set up a automatic water system of some type. Thank yiu!!!


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