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Good point, it is a public road.

That's actually the sunny side, but yeah the winds can get quite rough from that side. The oppsite(leaning) side is slightly more sheltered. Thanks for the advice, didn't think it could handle that aggressive pruning, I'll consider one of the two

You mean like in the picture attached with all cuts in red? Or did you mean to leave only the stem with the broken off branch? (the picture is taken after the branch broke off, you can just see the sore in stem facing the camera) I pruned the lower part last year, and there was massive re-growth this year so I know the grow-back potential of the willow 😄

Hi. I'm not that experienced in this field, and was hoping someone had some advice. We have a willow tree that had one of the main branches break in a storm. It's now leaning to one side, and it does not appear to have any short term hope of growing full to the broken side. Any tips on how to make it more pleasing on the eyes? Build a frame and straighten it up? Cut from the leaning side? Slowly regrow the broken side?