I've been searching for a photo. This isn't great, but you can see the proportions (I can easily reach to prune, so it may be nearer 6-7 feet), and the lean! I prop it up. Over the summer the 'fronds' more or less reach the ground. This is from May last year, and it's the two twisty trunks you can see. In the foreground is a Cordyline and a cherry plum - I didn't plant any of them.
Obviously yours may not be the same kind, and mine may be 'stunted' as my garden is quite dry. It always looks quite healthy though, and I don't water it.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
That area is quite sheltered now - my neighbour has a large and gorgeous Liquidambar on the other side of the fence. But when we moved in the cherry plumand Cordyline were small (they have both grown massively) and I hadn't even spotted the Liquidambar! The wind now comes whistling down a wind tunnel between the houses and straight at them - the Cordyline takes the brunt of it though. I think the lean is primarily that they're leaning away from the fence - they are all planted far too close to it.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
I do. I probably wouldn't have planted any of them by choice - and certainly not together! but I've kept them anyway. The willow leans prettily over the lawn and breaks the view somewhat, and it's very easy to care for (though the lawn doesn't like it!).
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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Obviously yours may not be the same kind, and mine may be 'stunted' as my garden is quite dry. It always looks quite healthy though, and I don't water it.
Here are some of the twigs today, starting to come into leaf.