Paul James! I use to enjoy watching you all the time when you were on TV! What a pleasure to see you again and learn from one of the best! This was a wonderful video that will be added to my favorites and watch later file! I've been looking for information on what type of plants I can place in a few soggy spots in my landscape and Paul James, you and Casey did not disappoint so thank you!
Great video! love the dwarf bald cyprus as it reminds me of my favorite tree, the metasequoia, but more fitting for a small garden like mine. Also "They thrive on neglect" left me cackling.
I planted 3 tupelos near a small stream that floods a lot back in 2006, they havent produced any fruits yet, hopefully soon because they are near the top of the canopy now like 30-50 feet
Another very informative show. Good to know that some of my favorite trees like the bald cypress also have a dwarf or shrub form. Mystery solved “wax myrtle” and “bayberry” refer to the same plant. Glad you included ferns. At Kilgore-Lewis House ferns of all kinds are growing wild next to Greenville’s oldest water source. You could do a whole other show on just bog plants. Pitcher plants are a bog plant native to the Carolinas. The NC Arboretum has a lovely selection of them. Also I’d say that papyrus another kind of sedge also loves wet feet, but considering how vigorous ours were in their water logged peat filled pots I’d be cautious before introducing them into the landscape.🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾
I have a wet weather drainage ditch that runs across the back quarter of my lawn. The ground is clay.The ditch when dry is about two wide except for a pool area at one end that’s about five foot wide and three foot deep. For the most part the ditch is only two feet wide and 18-24” deep. During wet weather the head of the ditch can get 15-18’ wide and 2-3’ deep. It narrows to maybe 5’ during heavy rains. I would like to landscape it but need some help on what will grow in the summer and not be run over during the rainy seasons.
I live in Ohio and have a 2 acre patch of woods with a stream that runs through it. During periods of heavy rain, the entire woods floods, meaning that the soil stays wet and muddy throughout a good portion of late winter and throughout the Spring. This leads to major rutting and erosion. Then, as things dry out throughout Summer and Fall, we get plants and weeds of all varieties that grow throughout the woods and basically choke everything off with dense vegetation. I've been trying to figure out an option for ground cover that I could plant that would make the woods more enjoyable and accessible during Summer but also provide erosion control during wet periods. Oh... and being able to grow this ground cover from seeds would be ideal. Fowl bluegrass looks like it might be an option. But I'm hoping someone has some other ideas. Help!
not about OK, but you still might have advice>> trees that like SWAMPY land? {"swamp" means low-lying ground adjacent to a pond/lake, holding water year round} Southeast USA ......... we know about cypress. I don`t like their looks, but YEP they like to swim. I`m considering a parcel of land. Of its -1.25 acres, an acre is swamp. I want to farm it, but have to drain it first. Plants need water, so I want to keep it moist{ish}. Only trees there now are dead, and the "soil" is sand. My theory is that planting a variety of trees in a few clumps/groves will suck up enough of the standing water that I can build raised beds for food crops; because that would leave gullies between the beds, which might be soggy, planting the tall grasses could help suck up more water; installing a wooden boardwalk above the gullies would make access easier. I still need to do research for plants/shrubs that dispell mosquitos and snakes {not just the types, but the distance between them in order to be free of those beasts}. **reason for commenting here>> this video popped up at the top of the list when I searched "TREES THAT LIKE WETLAND WATER"
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) Tupelo (Nyssa spp.) Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) Water Tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) In addition to these tree species, you might also consider planting shrubs such as Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) and Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), which also grow well in swampy areas.
