Weeping Willow 'Crispa'

A beautiful tree that is not as broad or tall as Salix babylonica

I love my weeping willow, I think its beautill even with all its brittle and broken branches. But it attracts lot of bugs including termi...Read Morenites that the soft wood makes it easy to burrow into and make nests, i have been told by the terminex i should cut it down, so i have already started 3 more weeping willow trees a couple hundred feet from the house(to attract the bugs in the other direction), they grew rapidly and filled in nicely in only a couple of years are over 10' tall and fully weeping.
the other drawback of this tree is that it drops alot of whips in the fall which are hard to rake up. my younger and heathier trees drop less but still require a bit of work in fall.
We live in a area where theres alot of ground water (and flooded basements). many people planted willow trees close to houses to suck up some of that excess water and dry their yards out quicker.