What is the name of the dwarf tree whose branches grow in a dome like fashion? Also is Wisteria good to grow?

You can find this tree in the Mid Eastern States and into Ontario, and probably a lot of other areas. And what kind of Wisteria can we grow in these areas?

What is the name of the dwarf tree whose branches grow in a dome like fashion? Also is Wisteria good to grow?
You almost certainly mean weeping mulberry. Only grows to something less than 2 meters and its branches droop right to the ground. This is a cultivar of a mutation, sometimes grafted onto more normal mulberry stock. Like most "weeping" varieties of trees, they grow this way because of unusual genetic traits; they are not "trained".





Wisteria is a truly beautiful hardy vine, a little sensitive to extreme cold. But seems to do well in the Eastern/Mid Eastern States and Southern Ontario. It does need to be trained onto the trellis or structure you wish it to grow on, and in tropical or subtropical climates it can get a bit out of hand.
Reply:I think Laura has been reading to much of 'Day of the Triffids'. Wisteria is a very beautiful vine that grows up to 9 metres, depending on the variety, so I don't think you will be needing that 25 acres just yet. The Wisteria floribunda varieties seem to have the best named varieties and I have W.F. Macrobotrys which has flower racemes up to 3ft long and perfumed. Suitable temps according to my books of down to minus 20 deg F. Suitable for zones 5-10.





The domed trees do sound like weeping trees with their lower branches pruned level, or could be something like a weeping willow.
Reply:I don't know about Wisteria, but perhaps the tree you are thinking of is an umbrella tree also known as Catalpa.
Reply:I have a Japanese maple in my garden and it domes all by its self. it is a small tree that grows slowly also. Mine hangs over my koi pond and provides them shade on those sunny days
Reply:Siberian pea shrub also grows like a dome. It gets to be about 6 feet tall and it's hardy here in Maine, so it would be good in Ontario, I think.
Reply:I love wisteria. It isn't a tree, however. You can train it to grow, and if you keep it trimmed - it's quite lovely.





It is a parasitic vine - so you don't want to let it get to your trees.





The japanese maple is a nicely shaped dwarf tree and there's a pic here:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ma...
Reply:Are you talking about Weeping Willows perhaps?
Reply:Japanese maple? Weeping Cherry? Could be anything. Need more info.





I would not recommend Wisteria unless it is Wisteria frutescens, which is the wisteria that is native to the US. You didn't mention where you live. But other wisterias are native to China, and they can be highly invasive and displace native plants. They are hard to get rid of if you change your mind. And they grow so aggressively that they will break a trellis, and one actually snapped a small lilac tree I had in my yard. We dug one up and named it "rootzilla." Nuf said.
Reply:Wisteria = BAD. Unless you have 25 acres or more. Wisteria is the most care dependent tree on earth. A family in the Los Angeles area had to buy three surrounding neighbors homes and use their lots just for their wisteria tree overhanging branches to continue to grow. Forget it unless you are a workaholic with no other work to do.





Any dwarf free that branches grow in a dome is trained that way. They don't just "come" in a dome believe me.

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