I just started gardening at a new clients house and there is this butchered willow that shes hoping I cam bring back. I'm not sure what type it is unfortunately.
As you can see it's quite sad with a huge trunk that's no longer supportive, I cut away most of the suckers and left a couple of the biggest ones. Will there be hope for it if i can keep all of the sucker's cut and keep promoting the ones left ? Thanks for any advice !
Will this willow come back or is it toast?
The willow
I think it has a good chance. I often cut the one by our deck to the ground and it comes back with a vengeance. It often can grow ten feet in a year.
June 22, 2019 after cutting it to the ground in winter.
July 26, 2019
April 12, this year - I've hedged it some else it would take over.
April 6, 2015 as a seedling with a birch tree too.
June 20, 2017 I had to use a scaffold to reach the upper branches. I had cut it knee high back in early February when we had a new deck put in. That is how fast they can grow.
Oh wow!! That definitely gives me hope!! Thank you for sharing the pics. Seems like they're resilient as heck !
Fairly resilient. Easy to start from cuttings too or so I've been told. I had one willow that I let honeysuckle grow up in hopes of getting the spiral look in the trunk. The weight of the honeysuckle broke it and I had to cut it down. I think termites finished it off. My parents started a weeping willow from a cutting and it was over 30 foot tall when they decided it was too messy to keep (plus it attracted houseflies).
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