2007-05-01 23:53:58 · 6 answers · asked by ajakeybabe 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Trees tolerant of moist to wet soils:
Box Edler
Red Maple
Silver Maple
Alder
River Birch (Note: A Paper Birch does not tolerate wet sites.)
Blue Beech/American Hornbeam
Pecan
Hackberry
Green Ash
Honeylocust
Tamarack
Sweetgum
Tulip Tree
Sweetbay Magnolia
Dawn redwood
Black Tupelo
London Planetree
Sycamore
Silver or White Popular
Eastern Cottonwood
Pin Oak
Weeping Gold-White Willow
Babylon Weeping Willow
Hankow Willow
Bald Cypress
American Elm
Here is a link to a tree selector that may be of some help: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/treeselector/
Shrubs tolerant of moist to wet soils:
Chokeberry
Buttonbush
Summersweet
Tartarian Dogwood
Silky Dogwood
Red Twig Dogwood
Inkberry
American Holly
Winterberry
Virginia Sweetspire
Leycothe
Spicebush
Alabama Snow-Wreath
Coast Azalea
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Swamp Azalea
Pussywillow
Rosemary Willow
Rosegold Pussywillow
Purpleosier Willow
Japanese Fantail Willow
American Elder
American Snowbell
Highbush Blueberry
Yellowroot
Dusty Zenobia
Here is a link to a shrub selector that may be of some help:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/shrubselector/
2007-05-02 00:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by A Well Lit Garden 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Birch, which I have personally always loved the look of, and especially if they are not tortured into growing in a group but left in their natural state...
http://gardenline.usask.ca/trees/birch2.html
But I found this list that gives you a number to pick from. I suppose that if they are native to Washington, then they would do well all around the U.S....
http://localdc.com/nativetrees.htm
2007-05-02 07:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most types of Salix (Willow) are tolerant of wet ground conditions, but remember that they can grow very fast (8ft per season in some cases) and some become very big trees.
2007-05-02 06:56:52 · answer #3 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bushes ~ dogwood, lilac, azalea
trees~birch, willow, maple
if you have a very high water table what about a small pond to go with it? all you got to do is dig as hole! best time to do that is in the fall when your water table goes down some.
2007-05-02 07:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by gands4ever 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Willow is a tree that can handle a lot of water. I've seen them grow in rivers...
2007-05-02 06:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by freebird31wizard 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
UK or USA ? Do you have water features/ riverside/lake/ stream ? How much space do you have for trees ?
2007-05-02 16:38:58 · answer #6 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋