{{Short description|Tree with a weeping habit}} thumb|Weeping Atlas Cedar thumb|Golden weeping willow: ''Salix'' Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma' '''Weeping trees''' are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs.<ref name=platt>{{cite book |title=1000 questions answered about trees |page=41 |last1=Platt |first1=Rutherford Hayes |publisher=Dover Publications |publication-place=Mineola, NY |date=1992 |orig-date=First published 1959 |via=Google Books |isbn=0-486-27038-6 |lccn=91037677 |oclc=24626843 |ol=1557004M |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML3jtMUzRZgC&q=famous+%22weeping+tree%22&pg=PA41 }}</ref> This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars.<ref name=platt/> Because of their shape, weeping trees are popular in landscaping; generally they need a lot of space and are solitary so that their effect is more pronounced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_bring_grace_landscape/ |title=Bring grace to the landscape with weeping trees |vauthors=Peltier P, Boland T |accessdate=December 4, 2009 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804174551/http://www.grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_bring_grace_landscape/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are over a hundred different types of weeping trees. Some trees, such as the cherry, have a variety of weeping cultivars. There are currently around 550<ref>Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. ''[http://www.dendrologie.be/bdb.php?p=402 Belgische Dendrologie Belge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322194637/http://www.dendrologie.be/bdb.php?p=402 |date=2012-03-22 }}'' 2009: 19-30.</ref> weeping cultivars in 75 different genera, although many have now disappeared from cultivation.<ref>Govaerts, R., Jablonski, E. & Michielsen, K. (2009). Hänge- oder Trauerformen von Gehölzen - unauffindbare Sorten - vielleicht wissen Sie etwas darüber ? Ginkgobätter 116: 24-27.</ref>
==List of weeping trees==
===Weeping conifers=== thumb|Weeping Flowering Apricot * ''Cedrus atlantica'' 'Glauca Pendula', Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar * ''Cupressus nootkatensis'' 'Pendula', Weeping Nootka Cypress * ''Cupressus nootkatensis'' 'Pendula Vera', True Weeping Nootka Cypress * ''Cupressus sempervirens'' 'Pendula', Weeping Mediterranean Cypress * ''Juniperus virginiana'' 'Pendula', Weeping eastern red cedar * ''Juniperus scopulorum'' 'Tolleson's Blue Weeping', Tolleson's Blue Weeping Juniper * ''Larix decidua'' 'Pendula', Weeping European Larch * ''Picea abies'' 'Inversa', Inversed Norway Spruce * ''Picea abies'' 'Pendula', Weeping Norway Spruce * ''Picea breweriana'', Brewer's Weeping Spruce * ''Picea glauca'' 'Pendula', Weeping white spruce * ''Picea omorika'' 'Pendula', Weeping Serbian Spruce * ''Pinus strobus'' 'Pendula', weeping eastern white pine * ''Pinus patula'', Mexican Weeping Pine * ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'' 'Pendulum', Weeping giant sequoia
===Weeping broadleaf trees=== thumb|Weeping fig thumb|Weeping Ash thumb|Weeping Silver Linden *thumb|Weeping Cherry blossoms''Acer campestre'' 'Eastleigh Weeping', Weeping Eastleigh Field Maple * ''Acer campestre'' 'Pendulum', Weeping Field Maple * ''Acer campestre'' 'Puncticulatum', Weeping Speckled Field Maple * ''Acer negundo'' 'Pendulum', Weeping Boxelder Maple * ''Acer platanoides'' 'Pendulum', Weeping Norway Maple * ''Acer pseudoplatanus'' 'Pendulum', Weeping Sycamore * ''Aesculus'' (Carnea Group) 'Pendula', Weeping Red Horse Chestnut * ''Amorpha fruticosa'' 'Pendula', Weeping Desert False Indigo * ''Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco'' 'Pendula', Weeping White Quebracho * ''Betula pendula'' 'Youngii', Young's Weeping Birch * ''Betula pubescens'' 'Pendula', Weeping Downy Birch * ''Betula pubescens'' 'Pendula Nana', Gazebo Downy Birch * ''Cercidiphyllum japonicum'' 'Pendulum', Weeping Katsura * ''Fagus sylvatica'' 'Pendula', Weeping Beech * ''Ficus benjamina'', weeping fig * ''Fraxinus angustifolia'' 'Pendula Vera', True Weeping Narrow-leafed Ash * ''Fraxinus excelsior'' 'Pendula', Weeping Ash * ''Ilex aquifolium'' 'Pendula', Weeping Holly * ''Malus'' 'Louisa', 'Louisa' Weeping Crabapple * ''Melaleuca leucadendra'', Weeping Tea tree * ''Morus alba'' 'Chaparral', Chaparral Weeping Mulberry * ''Morus alba'' 'Pendula', Dwarf Weeping Mulberry * ''Prunus itosakura'' 'Pendula' (syn. ''Prunus spachiana'' 'Pendula'), Weeping Japanese Cherry * ''Prunus itosakura'' 'Pendula Rosea' (syn. ''Prunus spachiana'' 'Pendula Rosea'), Weeping Spring Cherry * ''Prunus itosakura'' 'Pendula Rubra' (syn. ''Prunus spachiana'' 'Pendula Rubra'), Red Weeping Spring Cherry * ''Prunus mume'' 'Pendula', Weeping Flowering Apricot * ''Prunus'' × ''subhirtella'' 'Pendula Plena Rosea', Weeping Higan Cherry * ''Pyrus salicifolia'' 'Pendula', Weeping Willow-leaved Pear * ''Salix babylonica'' 'Babylon', Weeping Willow * ''Salix'' Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma', Golden weeping Willow * ''Styphnolobium japonicum'' 'Pendulum', Weeping Pagoda Tree * ''Tilia tomentosa'' 'Petiolaris', Weeping silver Linden * ''Ulmus glabra'' 'Camperdownii', Camperdown Elm * ''Waterhousea floribunda'' 'Sweeper', Weeping Lilly Pilly
==See also== {{Portal|Trees}} * List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family
==References== <references/>
==External links== {{Commonscat|Weeping trees}} * [http://landscaping.about.com/cs/treesshrubs/a/weeping_trees_3.htm "Top 10": popular weeping trees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215062355/http://landscaping.about.com/cs/treesshrubs/a/weeping_trees_3.htm |date=2009-02-15 }}
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