What are the pros and cons of a willow tree?

Pros: Beautiful foliage, cascading branches, a canopy that provides shade and graceful arches of pale green. Excellent to place beside a pond or stream.

Cons: Highly invasive root system. To some extent you can control this by keeping the canopy pruned (the roots grow to support the canopy), but watch for them to cause cracks in paving or in the liner of your pond or stream (if you have placed rocks in mortar; obviously not a problem if you use a poly liner).

In addition, there are reports of certain types of willow trees trapping hobbits and causing damage to Ford Anglias in the possession of certain underage wizards, but these have not been substantiated. :-)

They are the FIRST to come to life in the spring - and one of the last to lose their leaves in the fall - at least, here in VA.

The leaves are less trouble than most trees. They are small, and mulch up real easy when you mow.

But, make sure you plant them where they can get plenty wanter.

And, AWAY from your septic system. The roots spread, searching for water. And, can penetrate a septic line or tank in no time!

I have about 8 lining each side of my property. They're old, and still beautiful. (Though I must get them trimmed up this year)

My property is along the Shenandoah River, so the roots can get plenty water.

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It needs a lot of water or it will break a lot of branches. It is fast growing but also matures and declines quickly. A really neat thing I've seen done is truncating the tree to keep it small, a technique used in Japanese gardens.

If your yard gets a lot of rain the willow will soak up a lot of the water. One bad thing is that it has millions of tiny leaves you have to rake up.

Beautiful to watch in the breeze. Lots of mess to clean up.

They're beautiful but need a lot of water to survive.

They're also messy so high maintenance.