Interestingly enough, salicin can be extracted from the willow bark and is an active ingredient in aspirin. The weeping willow tree is susceptible to many diseases such as powdery mildew, tar spot ...

Weeping willow By Tracy Burton Sep 28, 2002 AUBURN When Charlotte Ziehmer took a cutting from her sister-in-law s willow tree in 1962 she never knew the potential it had.

Weeping pussy willow, from what I've seen, grows more upright than wide. I think a good planning size is around 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide if you're using it in a garden bed and plan to prune it ...