Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica
Salicaceae · broadleaf deciduous tree · introduced
Last updated
Quick Facts
Height
30–40 ft
Spread
39 ft
Growth Rate
Fast
Light
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Wet Tolerant
Water
High
Hardiness
Zone Zones 6a–8b
Bloom Time
April to May
Fall Color
Gold, yellow
Origin
TEMPERATE ASIA: China
Watch for this season
RustHigh
Aecial Stage (Alternate Host)
Wood DecayHigh
Wound Infection Window
Oystershell scaleHigh
Crawler Emergence
Tent caterpillarHigh
Larval Feeding
+ 4 more — see full disease and pest lists below
Diseases: Regionally Documented (10)
Venturia spp. Twig blight (Venturia) Multiple genera (Melampsoridium, Thekopsora, Naohidemyces... Rust Marssonina spp. Marssonina leaf and twig spot Pseudomonas syringae (bacterial) Bacterial twig blight Symptom category — not a single disease Canker Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall Symptom category — not a single disease Leaf Spot Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf Venturia spp. or Fusicladium spp. (specific oak pathogen ... Twig Blight (Scab) Multiple Basidiomycete fungi cause wood decay in trees Wood Decay
Pests: Regionally Documented (12)
Nymphalis antiopa Spiny elm caterpillar Leucoma salicis Satin moth Cryptorhynchus lapathi Poplar and willow borer Prionoxystus robiniae Carpenterworm Aphidoidea Aphid Acanthococcus azaleae Azalea bark scale Hyphantria cunea Fall webworm Chrysomelidae: Alticini Flea beetle Lepidosaphes ulmi Oystershell scale Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar Rabdophaga rigidae Willow beaked-gall midge Tuberolachnus salignus Giant willow aphid
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