Flowering TreesWeeping Willow
Salix babylonica
Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) is a fast-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 6-8, that matures to about 30-50 ft × 30-50 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with high water needs in standing-water, well-drained and moist soil. Expect silver and green blooms in spring. It attracts bees, butterflies and pollinators, stands up well to black walnut, deer and erosion.
- USDA zones
- 6-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 30-50 ft × 30-50 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Standing-water, Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Silver, Green
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Deer, Erosion, Wet soil
- Native to
- Northern China
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Weeping Willow is hardy to about -10°F (estimated from USDA zone 6), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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