On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:41:16 +0100, Cat wrote:
Also, I have a small weeping standard tree (about 5 foot tall, not sure at
all what it is, as it came with the garden of the house I moved into only a
few weeks ago). This too needs a haircut, if only to keep its shape, and to
shorten its lowest weeping branches to keep them clear from the lawnmower's

Hi Cat,

if you standard tree is a willow, go for it at any time! I frequently give
mine a haircut. The main thing to do with a weeping tree is to remove any
growth going straight up, and if it gets too weeping, to give it the old
bowl cut, so you can get under it. Do cut out any dead wood as well. I've
loped anything up to a foot off my weeping willow weepy bits before now
with no adverse effects.

Sarah