Trees with naturally drooping leaves
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| Bald cypress branches with fruit. Image by Tatiana Gerus. |
Without question, the weeping willow is the best-known and most exaggerated of all trees with this form, but it's certainly not the only one. Here are some other native American trees with pendulous branches.
Don't expect them to look like weeping willows. They look like their own unique selves.
Betula alleghaniensis -- Yellow birch
Betula lenta -- Sweet birch
Betula nigra -- River birch
Betula papyrifera -- Paper birch
Betula populifolia -- Gray birch
Oxydendrum arboreum -- Sourwood
Prunus serotina -- Black cherry
Taxodium distichum -- Common baldcypress (Bald cypress)
Tsuga canadensis -- Canada hemlock
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| Sourwood leaves and flowers Image by Jim Conrad, www.backyardnature.net |
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| Black cherry leaves and fruit Image by Wikimedia contributor Pleple2000 |
"The power to recognize trees at a glance without examining their leaves or flowers or fruit as they are seen, for example, from the car-window during a railroad journey, can only be acquired by studying them as they grow under all possible conditions over wide areas of territory. Such an attainment may not have much practical value, but once acquired it gives to the possessor a good deal of pleasure which is denied to less fortunate travelers."
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The ‘Spirea Vanhouttei’ tree is another beautiful tree with
sweeping branches that almost look ‘weepy’ to the viewer. The clouds of white flowers that cover the branches makes this privacy hedge look almost cheery though!Then there is the delicate Weeping Cherry tree which has fine light pink flowers and drooping branches.
I love our own Asimina triloba or Pawpaw tree. It's leaves droop and add tropical feel to the garden. One of my favorites!
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