Weeping tamarix

Is there such a thing as a weeping tamarix variety? I bought this 7 years ago, it looked like a normal one in the pot when I bought it but I don't recall the variety on the label now.

Since then it has just grown out and down! It's gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but I would like to know if I should just abandon trying to persuade it to grow upwards a bit There were several branches right at the bottom that if they were still there, would be just about flat on the ground in this pic.

At its biggest it was about 15-18ft across and this is the tallest it's ever been - I started pruning it two years ago as mowing was become ever harder. I've only pruned branches growing down towards the ground for that, and in a bid to make it grow skywards. Now I'm planning to create a flowerbed underneath and plant with lots of small, white flowers to contrast the pink/green of the tam, but I'm still going to have to prop the branches on the left up a bit for mowing!

 

It's lovely nikirushka! I've had a failed attempt at growing one of these in my sandy garden soil, it wasn't at all happy. I think the sprawling wand like effect is natural to the plant. You could prune some of the length off the branches during the winter months just to tidy it up a little.

 

It does get pruned often - it was a good 2-3ft wider all the way round originally! Every other example I've seen is growing more like a tree, tall and in some cases with a proper trunk before the fluff. The first one I saw down south, which got me wanting one, was growing like that.

Interesting that you haven't been able to grow one. My soil is also very sandy (as in pure sand, about18" down where the tam is - I've used it underneath my patio!) and it is very happy!

 

As you can see here they do tend to have a sprawling habit. Perhaps there is more that one type in the species.

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My difficulties lay with a coastal position, sandy soil, salt air and above all wind. Tamarix is probably a little delicate for my garden.

 

My parents used to have a line of these. Each set of flopping branches was bound with a stake and metal hoop. Sort of overgrown lupin staking!