Weeping Trees
Weeping trees are beautiful, easy to maintain and often very compact. From large statement Willows for landscaping or shade to dwarf Cherry Blossoms for kerb appeal in a small front garden, these ornamental, fruiting and flowering trees will turn heads all year round. Read about our favourite types and how to care for them here.
Choose your Weeping Trees
Weeping trees are prized for their compact habit, and if your garden is smaller a Kilmarnock Dwarf Willow or Yoshino Cherry is perfect. If you have lots of space, it has to be a classic and elegant Golden Willow. For autumn colour we’d recommend the Weeping Silver Birch, and for year round interest, the wildlife-friendlySun Rival Crabapple or RHS Award winning Silver Pear. For a weeping Cherry Blossom, choose from Kiku Shidare, Single Pink or the larger Yoshino.
Where to grow your Weeping Trees
These weeping ornamental trees are typically very tolerant of any soil type, with Willows thriving in damp conditions. Weeping Pears will be fine in an exposed site, whereas Silver Birch prefers full sun and shelter. Weeping Cherry Blossoms do best with good air circulation around the canopy, and all weeping trees are best with minimal or no underplanting, owing to their cascading habit. For a position with lower light, the best choice would be a shade-tolerant Crabapple.
Weeping Trees Care Tips
All ornamental weeping trees will do well in any moist, well-drained soil. New trees should be watered in well and kept from drying out until their roots are well established (in a few months). They will benefit from a mulch in Autumn, and will typically need only minimal pruning to keep their shape. For more advice on growing weeping trees, see our Full Care Guides for each variety.
Shape creates winter interest
- Elegant weeping tree
- Ideal for small spaces, growing to 2.5x2.5m
- Rose pink, fluffy double flowers
- Blossoms in April-May
A gracefully weeping, compact willow
- Dwarf willow tree perfect for small spaces
- Abundance of fuzzy grey catkins
- Weeping habit is stunning when covered in snow or frost
- Ideal for attracting pollinators
Candyfloss flower statement
- Elegant weeping tree
- Ideal for small spaces, growing to 3x3m
- Rose pink single flowers
- Blossoms in March-April
Eye catching snow white blossom overload
- Profusion of clusters of white blossoms
- Elegant weeping shape
- Blooming in the spring
- Ideal for small spaces
Perfect spring time feature tree
- Elegant weeping tree
- Ideal for small spaces, growing to 3x3m
- Flurries of snowy white single flowers
- Blossoms in March-April
Uniquely-shaped twisting and contorting branches
- Uniquely-shaped twisting and contorting branches
- Fresh, bright green foliage
- An ideal choice to add winter interest
- Offers varied seasonal interest
Sweet almond scented blooms
- Elegant weeping tree
- Ideal for large spaces, growing to 7.5x9m
- Clusters of delicate white single flowers
- Blossoms in March-April
Beautifully weeping small tree
- Beautiful display throughout the seasons
- White spring blossom emerging from carmine pink buds
- Come autumn red crab apples will appear until winter
- Grows to 5mx4,5m perfectly suitable for small gardens
Lovely weeping ornamental pear tree
- A lovely weeping ornamental pear tree
- Single white flowers appear in April-May
- Attracts bees and other pollination insects
- Ideal for smaller gardens
Our growers' choice for the best flowers and foliage
- An eyecatching combination of cherry blossom, catkins and rainbow foliage
- Includes award winning and wildlife-friendly varieties
- Grow in a border, lawn or patio pots
- Easy to grow and suitable for beginners
The iconic weeping tree - every riverbank should have one!
- An abundance of gracefully weeping yellow branches
- Yellow catkins appearing in the spring
- Green foliage from spring all through to autumn
- Grows to 12m height
Small, weeping evergreen with feathery blue branches
- Eyecatching, feathery blue-green foliage on downward hanging branches
- Grows to 4-8m and can be pruned to fit any space
- Easy to grow and care for - even in a pot
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
The low growing acer that looks fantastic anywhere
- Fern green finely dissected leaves
- Stunning autumn tones of red, orange and yellow
- Perfect for pots, patios and smaller gardens
- Easy to grow and care for
A compact, weeping Redbud variety
- Deep ruby red foliage
- Purple flowers in spring
- Grows to only 2 x 2m - perfect for small gardens
- Suitable for growing in containers
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