| If your land is often wet and cannot easily be | | | | Many other trees may survive occasional flooding |
| drained there are still plenty of options for planting | | | | but their survival chances will be improved by |
| trees. Firstly, there are species adapted to wet | | | | planting them with their rootballs above ground |
| ground. Willows, Alders and Poplars are amongst | | | | level. They can be planted with more than half of |
| the commonest but a good book (such as Hillier's | | | | their rootball above the surrounding ground level |
| Manual of Trees and Shrubs - ISBN | | | | and soil can then be drawn up to cover the |
| 0-7153-9942-X) will give you lists to choose from. | | | | exposed roots. Better still they can be planted |
| It will also give you an idea of how high your | | | | into a raised mound. As the roots grow into the |
| trees may grow or other conditions, such as | | | | mound they give long term stability to the tree. In |
| strong winds, which they may tolerate. Red Alder, | | | | addition fewer roots will be killed by the lack of air |
| River Birch, Liquidamber, Black Gum, Caucasian | | | | which flooding creates and the tree is more likely |
| Wingnut, Scarlet Willow, Corkscrew Willow, | | | | to thrive. This technique allows a greater range of |
| Chinese Swamp Cypress, Dawn Redwood, Pond | | | | trees to be tried - for instance the Common |
| Cypress and Swamp Cypress will tolerate or | | | | Silver Birch, Hawthorn, Pin Oak, Rowan and Sitka |
| even enjoy permanent dampness. | | | | Spruce. |