When it comes to plants with weeping or pendulous forms there are many to choose from in several different plant categories. Weeping form trees and shrubs provide graceful focal points in a garden, especially if placed in an uncluttered and visible location. Smaller perennials and annuals with a pendulous, cascading growth habit can also lend a graceful feel to the garden and are often located at the edges of raised beds, in containers or hanging baskets for maximum enjoyment.
- Deciduous Trees : These are trees that lose their leaves during the winter making the underlying structure of branch growth much more obvious. Many well-known trees fall in this category such as the birch, dogwood, crabapple, beech and willow. See six with weeping growth habit.
- Evergreen Trees: Evergreen trees keep their leaves throughout the winter and so sometimes a weeping form silhouette is not as obvious. There are several specimens available for pronounced pendulous branches though that look great in the garden. Some conifers, and other evergreen trees, have a weeping habit that are striking.
- Deciduous Shrubs: Like deciduous trees, deciduous shrubs loose their leaves in the winter. You'll see that even without foliage these shrubs provide pleasing silhouettes in the garden. Look at this article for six of the best deciduous shrubs with weeping growth habit available.
- Evergreen Shrubs: Find out which shrubs keep their color year round but still provide the pendulous silhouette that can be so graceful in the winter. See the top six evergreen shrubs with weeping growth habit.
- Weeping Form Perennials: While not necessarily for winter interest, there are some perennial plants that have lovely pendulous growth habits. These can create a cascading effect in the garden. See six of the best.
- Weeping Form Annuals: Even though they don’t return year after year, these six cascading annuals are some of the most graceful and beautiful available.
It doesn't matter what size your garden, or how much space you have available, if you want to add interest through a cascading look, there is a plant for you.
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Angela England - Angela England is a problogger, mother of four (yes I know what causes that), speaker, teacher, labor doula, gardener and so much more.
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