I'll do checking online... thanks. guessing I should cut out the new growth. I know nothing. If I can get rooted shoots can I replant? or is it an obnoxious sprout everywhere tree?

Yes, you should cut off the plain green new growth back to where it starts.

Yes, you can root cuttings. Early spring hardwood cuttings should root easily.

No, it isn't considered an obnoxious sprout everywhere tree.

Why is it grafted if it can be propagated by cuttings like other salix?

To get the lollipop shape.

Smivies (Ontario - 5b) since I really am new to this..... reading online says pruning should be done early spring and fall but suckers should be cut. since my suckers are 2'-3' tall and it is almost July should I wait to cut or do it soon and ongoing

Pruning of a desirable plant has optimum timings because you are doing it for the benefit of the plant. Suckers are not desirable and you are pruning to destroy them, not to benefit them. So do it anytime. Once you've got rid of those big ones just keep an eye on it and keep pulling them off as soon as you spot them.

btw, if they're not too thick tearing them off by pulling downwards and away is more effective than cutting. If you cut they can resprout from dormant buds on the stumps.

The replacement sprouts will have to be awfully small to not be tearing all the bark away if each one is pulled instead of cut.

in general ... when a plant vigorously starts sprouting from the bottom ... it can become a battle to make it stop doing that ... and often.. peeps become tired of dealing with it.. or it gets ugly at ground level ...

can anyone confirm that with a willow on a standard??? .. will it forever after sprout down there???

there may be some goo you can spray on the cut back parts.. to stop the process ... there is for crabapple.. which does this.. i dont know if it will work on willow .. anyone????

if you do start some cuttings ... they will be the shrub it is supposed to be.. you will not.. easily make it back into tree form ... that was why it was grafted to the standard green form ...

see link for propagation info.. flip to images.. and look at the shrub form ...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Salix+integra+%27Hakuro-Nishiki%27+propagation&t=ffcm&ia=web

go for it.. prune it ... and if you dont end up liking it... just get rid of it ...

the happiest day at my first house.. was when i got rid of the last problem the prior owner planted ... but why it took me 5 years.. in hindsight.. is beyond me ... life its to short to mess with other peoples garden mistakes .. im trying to save you 5 years... lol ..

ken

This plant is too close to the house. Just remove the whole thing unless you want to continuously prune it and the suckers.

For deciduous plant a blue shadow fothergilla or for evergreen go with a dwarf blue spruce. Perhaps the location won't allow for those but my point is that blue will pop off the color of the house. Purple could work too like Centerglow ninebark...but allow for at least 8' width

Tree form dappled willows will always need routine pruning and pretty frequently........that is just the nature of plant itself. In shrub form it is likely to grow 5-6' tall and 8-10 feet wide and the same as a grafted standard and that is just too much top growth to fit easily on top of a 'stick'!! Otherwise, there appears to be plenty of room between the house and the base of the shrub.

OP might check out my previous [thread [(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/dappled-willow-dsvw-vd~3105376)for more info.

Since the sprouts are coming from below ground tearing works fine. Obviously the sooner it's done after spotting the sprout, the better. It is the standard advice given by the RHS. "Suckers: Remove suckers as close as possible to the point of origin on the root, scraping away soil to reach the base if necessary. Tear, rather than cut away, the shoot so that the majority of dormant basal buds are removed, thus reducing the possibility of regrowth." Source

Another thing to consider is that the roots of this plant are going to be horrendous (aggressive, dense, water hungry and shallow). You won't be able to plant anything else in that bed.

I'd disagree with that assessment as well :-) Not all willows are created with the same attributes or growth characteristics and shrub willows, even grafted shrub willows, do not have the same water seeking, aggressive root system of larger willow trees. They are often planted in a mixed plant border or mixed shrub border and compete very nicely with other shrubs and perennial plantings.

thanks for the tips guys!!