Every time we come down our driveway we are both dismayed and embarrassed at the sight of the willow trees by our house. They now resemble large Saguaro cactus.
In February, we had a crew of arborist brutally cut back the willows because they had gotten so tall they imposed a danger to our house if they were blown over. This was the second time that we had the willows cut back. After that first cutback, they put out new sprouts that eventually grew in to huge branches that made the willows as tall as they were before they were cut back.
This time I had them cut back to 10 ft (3m) so I could take care of them if they started to grow back to high again. After the arborists crew left, the trees looked horrible, and I know the neighbors gasped in shock when they drove by and saw those high “stumps” that our willows had turned into.
While I was sure the willows would start to grow back, I was eager for some reassurance. Yesterday, I got that reassurance, when I spotted a spring of green sprouting out of the brutalized trunk. A quick inspection of the other trees showed similar green sprigs sprouting on them. Willows are fighters, and they don’t give up easily.
We will be happy once they get more foliage on their tops, so they look more like palm trees, before returning to what looks like a normal willow tree that will provide a lot of shade. I don’t much like the “Saguaro” cactus look they now have.
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