Henry Rafferty, of Johnston Evergreen Nursery, talked about his favorite weeping trees. “Weeping pea is small, short and cold hardy and has yellow flowers. Weeping crabapples are very cold hardy ...

Origin: North America A lovely specimen evergreen is the weeping white pine (Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’). This tree has soft, blue-green needles that are about 3 inches long.

IN THE BEGINNING A weeping tree may have begun life as a random seedling whose quirky arrangement of genes directed its stems to weep. Some such plants, although woody, could hardly be called trees.

The weeping bottlebrush is a small, irregularly round-headed, open, fine-textured weeping evergreen tree that grows at a medium pace to 20 feet tall by 15 feet wide, but may reach 30 feet.

There are several different cultivated varieties of Bosnian pine, such as ‘Compact Gem’ that is a dwarf columnar tree that grows to a height of only 8 to 10 feet high and 4 to 6 wide.

A mix of peat moss, perlite, and pine bark works well for growing a weeping fig bonsai tree. Once the soil is prepared, it's time to plant the sapling in the container.

It’s normal for deciduous trees and shrubs to drop their leaves in autumn. Many homeowners don’t realize that it’s also normal for evergreens, such as pines, to drop some needles.… ...