So I planted a weeping willow......

[Ontario Chick]

Last year we had a very lazy bachelor beaver who didn't get any more ambitious then 4" poplars.
The willow was just a branch from neighbors tree stuck in the ground, just to see if it would survive, managed to live thru several generations of beavers, mainly because it had a large 1"x1" strip of wire wrapped around the base.
Last year "somebody" needed a pice of just such a wire, and "somebody else" remembered the willow and assumed the tree was too big for the beaver to bother with.
Apparently our bachelor has got himself a wife and either she is doing the grunt work or has put the old boy to work.
Day one....

Day two...

Day three.....

[Flat Rock Farm]

Shoot that's impressive, good sized tree to be taken down in three days!!

[Ontario Chick]

That's what I thought, when I told DH the beaver has started on the willow, he was going to put the wire back....I thought that was pretty funny, because it was half gone by then. :)

[Robbie]

Poor tree! Yes those beavers are amazing. No worries, the willow will grow back- somewhat shrubbier but you'll be amazed at how much it will grow. I've had some Japanese varieties and hybrids grow 10' in one season.

[Poultryprincess]

Wow...that was some chewing!
Could you retrieve that wire mesh & put it back on?
It looks really bad, but the willow likely will shoot out from that wound.

I had a "Pussy Willow" branch that I rooted & then planted @ our cottage.
It grew into a beautiful tree & we luved the fuzzy pussy buds every spring.
One day we get there....& it is totally destroyed.
We looked across the lake to the island & all the soft trees were down.
Like someone had clear cut - eeeek!

[kenya]

Wow the little bugger was busy indeed!