Willow Trees

Add graceful structure and fast-growing beauty to your landscape with willow trees, prized for their adaptability, elegance, and year-round interest. Stark Bro’s offers a selection of hardy, vigorous willow varieties, each with distinct growth habits and landscape uses—whether you’re looking for a dramatic focal point or a practical solution like a windbreak or privacy screen.

Why Grow Willow Trees?

• Fast-growing shade – Most varieties grow quickly and provide cooling shade in just a few seasons
• Landscape versatility – Use willows as specimen trees, borders, living screens, or erosion control
• Ornamental beauty – Choose from graceful, pendulous branches or upright forms with twisted or golden stems
• Moisture-loving and adaptable – Willows thrive in wet soils, but adapt well to drier, loamy areas too
• Four-season appeal – Even in winter, their sculptural form and unique bark or branch color add visual interest

Choosing the Right Willow Tree

We carry a range of willow varieties to suit different settings and needs:

• Weeping willow types offer the classic, wide-arching shape with soft, trailing branches that sway gently in the breeze. These trees make stunning focal points for large yards, ponds, or water features.
• Upright hybrids and contorted varieties grow with a narrower profile and provide dense foliage, ideal for lining property edges, creating shade, or forming natural windbreaks. Some feature unique twisted branches or golden stems, offering standout structure in all seasons.

Where and How to Plant Willow Trees

• Hardiness Zones: Most willow trees grow well in USDA Zones 3–10, depending on the variety
• Sunlight: Full sun is best for strong growth and full foliage
• Soil: Willows prefer moist, well-draining soil, but are highly tolerant of heavy, wet, or clay conditions
• Spacing: Allow plenty of space—mature widths range from 15 to 40 feet, depending on the variety
• Watering: Water deeply and regularly during the first year to establish strong roots

Whether you’re planting a willow for shade, ornamental flair, privacy, or erosion control, these low-maintenance, fast-growing trees offer beauty and function with very little effort. Choose the willow variety that suits your space—and enjoy a landscape that’s as soothing as it is striking.