Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: When do weeping willows start to weep?, 1 by brigidlily

brigidlily wrote:
I got a weeping willow 4 years ago from the National Arbor Day Foundation. It has yet to weep. I wrote them about it and they replied that salix babylonica does not have an actual weeping habit -- it just droops when the branches get long enough.

Personally, I think that is BS. I've seen far smaller WWs than mine that are weeping like a 13 year old who didn't make cheerleader. Any input? I'm not about to try to uproot this one; I just want to know if I should keep telling people it's a weeping willow! I think they DID send me "a willow." It has been extremely dry here for the last 2 years, if that would make any difference.

Thanks!