What are weeping willows so sad about?

Dave42007

The defenition prvided by Google is: weep·ing adjectiveâ€f/Ë^wÄ"piNG/â€f Shedding tears Exuding liquid Used in names of tree and shrub varieties with drooping branches, e.g., weeping cherry You don't need to be sad to weep, just get wind blowing in my eys can do it for me. But I thought that Weeping Willows (according to Wikipedia are a Hybrid between Babylon Willow or Peking Willow White Willow) got the name from the way in autumn the leaves fall like tears, so maybe they are not sad, just getting the autumnal breezes. May 28 11, 4:26 PM

mehaul

Horticulturally, many trees that have a downward branch growth habit are called "Weeping" Examples are Weeping Cherry, Weeping Japanese Maple, Weeping Birch. The Willow version is probably more widely known because of the fact its broken branches (which are brittle and break off easily) are very want to grow adventitious roots. often causing whole banks of streams and riverrrs to become overgrown with them. The following is the search result from an entry of Weeping Tree Forms at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Weeping+Tree+Forms May 29 11, 2:01 AM