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Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:52 am
by Corey Rossen
I have inches of standing water in my yard and would like to plant shrubs or trees to help absorb the excess water. Are there any good options that will absorb massive amounts of water, quickly (after rainfall on clay soil is a bad combination). All I can think of are weeping willows to absorb the water but have also been told that they are not allowed to be planted in Lakewood. Also, I would prefer shrubs.
Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:38 pm
by m buckley
Corey, Paul at Lakewood Garden Center is a great guy and knows his stuff. You might want to stop by and ask him.
Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 2:20 pm
by Stan Austin
I was going to suggest moving but that would resurrect last week's exchange
Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 6:28 am
by Corey Rossen
m buckley wrote:Corey, Paul at Lakewood Garden Center is a great guy and knows his stuff. You might want to stop by and ask him.
Thank you.
Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 9:48 am
by Jim O'Bryan
Corey Rossen wrote:m buckley wrote:Corey, Paul at Lakewood Garden Center is a great guy and knows his stuff. You might want to stop by and ask him.
Thank you.
Corey
While I do not have a drainage problem, we have been looking at Dawn Redwoods.
http://digtrees.com/product/dawn-redwood/
The reason I think they might do well in standing water there are a bunch down at Eddies Boat Dock, and they are in standing water for weeks and months. Fast growing, can be as wide as a willow.
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Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:38 am
by Corey Rossen
Jim O'Bryan wrote:Corey Rossen wrote:m buckley wrote:Corey, Paul at Lakewood Garden Center is a great guy and knows his stuff. You might want to stop by and ask him.
Thank you.
Corey
While I do not have a drainage problem, we have been looking at Dawn Redwoods.
http://digtrees.com/product/dawn-redwood/
The reason I think they might do well in standing water there are a bunch down at Eddies Boat Dock, and they are in standing water for weeks and months. Fast growing, can be as wide as a willow.
.
Thank you.
Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:37 pm
by cameron karslake
While there may be some problem planting weeping willows in Lakewood (never heard of that...) you may want to look into Japanese willows. We have three in our front yard. They are kind of like shrubs grafted onto a trunk. Extremely fast growers and soak up as much water as you can spare.
Re: Standing water in my yard - shrubs/tree options?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:14 pm
by Allison L Urbanek
Here is a great manual that will provide a listing of plants that do well in wet yards.
http://www.clevelandwpc.com/wp-content/ ... owners.pdf
We hosted a workshop last fall that focused on just your issue, Wet Yards and the hand book was a huge hit! I hope it helps.
I also agree with the many folks that Paul at the Garden Center is an excellent resource.