Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs.[1] This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars.[1] Because of their shape, weeping trees are popular in landscaping; generally they need a lot of space and are solitary so that their effect is more pronounced.[2] There are over a hundred different types of weeping trees. Some trees, such as the cherry, have a variety of weeping cultivars. There are currently around 550[3] weeping cultivars in 75 different genera, although many have now disappeared from cultivation.[4]

List of weeping trees

Weeping conifers

• Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula', Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
• Cupressus nootkatensis 'Pendula', Weeping Nootka Cypress
• Cupressus nootkatensis 'Pendula Vera', True Weeping Nootka Cypress
• Cupressus sempervirens 'Pendula', Weeping Mediterranean Cypress
• Juniperus virginiana 'Pendula', Weeping Eastern Red Cedar
• Juniperus scopulorum 'Tolleson's Blue Weeping', Tolleson's Blue Weeping Juniper
• Larix decidua 'Pendula', Weeping European Larch
• Picea abies 'Inversa', Inversed Norway Spruce
• Picea abies 'Pendula', Weeping Norway Spruce
• Picea breweriana, Brewer's Weeping Spruce
• Picea glauca 'Pendula', Weeping White Spruce
• Picea omorika 'Pendula', Weeping Serbian Spruce
• Pinus strobus 'Pendula', Weeping Eastern White Pine
• Pinus patula, Mexican Weeping Pine
• Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Pendulum', Weeping giant sequoia

Weeping broadleaf trees

• 

  Acer campestre 'Eastleigh Weeping', Weeping Eastleigh Field Maple
• Acer campestre 'Pendulum', Weeping Field Maple
• Acer campestre 'Puncticulatum', Weeping Speckled Field Maple
• Acer negundo 'Pendulum', Weeping Boxelder Maple
• Acer platanoides 'Pendulum', Weeping Norway Maple
• Acer pseudoplatanus 'Pendulum', Weeping Sycamore
• Aesculus (Carnea Group) 'Pendula', Weeping Red Horse Chestnut
• Amorpha fruticosa 'Pendula', Weeping Desert False Indigo
• Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco 'Pendula', Weeping White Quebracho
• Betula pendula 'Youngii', Young's Weeping Birch
• Betula pubescens 'Pendula', Weeping Downy Birch
• Betula pubescens 'Pendula Nana', Gazebo Downy Birch
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Pendulum', Weeping Katsura
• Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula', Weeping Beech
• Ficus benjamina, Weeping Fig
• Fraxinus angustifolia 'Pendula Vera', True Weeping Narrow-leafed Ash
• Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula', Weeping Ash
• Ilex aquifolium 'Pendula', Weeping Holly
• Malus 'Louisa', 'Louisa' Weeping Crabapple
• Melaleuca leucadendra, Weeping Tea tree
• Morus alba 'Chaparral', 'Chaparral' weeping Mulberry
• Prunus itosakura 'Pendula' (syn. Prunus spachiana 'Pendula'), Weeping Japanese Cherry
• Prunus itosakura 'Pendula Rosea' (syn. Prunus spachiana 'Pendula Rosea'), Weeping Spring Cherry
• Prunus itosakura 'Pendula Rubra' (syn. Prunus spachiana 'Pendula Rubra'), Red Weeping Spring Cherry
• Prunus mume 'Pendula', Weeping Flowering Apricot
• Prunus × subhirtella 'Pendula Plena Rosea', Weeping Higan Cherry
• Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula', Weeping Willow-leaved Pear
• Salix babylonica 'Babylon', Weeping Willow
• Salix Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma', Golden weeping Willow
• Styphnolobium japonicum 'Pendulum', Weeping Pagoda Tree
• Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris', Weeping silver Linden
• Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii', Camperdown Elm
• Waterhousea floribunda 'Sweeper', Weeping Lilly Pilly

See also

• List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Weeping trees.

• "Top 10": popular weeping trees