Weeping tree

{{Short description|Tree with a weeping habit}}

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Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs.{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML3jtMUzRZgC&q=famous+%22weeping+tree%22&pg=PA41| author=Platt R |title=1000 Questions answered about Trees |publisher=General Publishing Company|location=Toronto|year= 1959|isbn=0-486-27038-6}} 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. 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.{{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}} 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 550Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. [http://www.dendrologie.be/bdb.php?p=402 Belgische Dendrologie Belge] 2009: 19-30. weeping cultivars in 75 different genera, although many have now disappeared from cultivation.Govaerts, R., Jablonski, E. & Michielsen, K. (2009). Hänge- oder Trauerformen von Gehölzen - unauffindbare Sorten - vielleicht wissen Sie etwas darüber ? Ginkgobätter 116: 24-27.

List of weeping trees

=Weeping conifers=

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=Weeping broadleaf trees=

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