canesisters
Garden Master
Does anyone know anything about "Virgina Willow"?
I've got a really wet back yard. When it rains hard, I'll have a little bit of standing water for a while and 'suck-your-shoes-off" mud for days. And this is where my garden is (
). I've heard that planting willows will help to 'dry up' wet areas - but of course I don't want a couple of huge willow trees shading my garden.
This morning I was doing some poking around and found a mention of Virginia Willow. But I can't seem to find much info on them.
"Virginia Willow
A variety of willow tree, the Virginia willow, has medium texture and a moderate growth rate. These trees have an erect form with clustered branches that are rounded and arching. Virginia willows grow 3 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide. The medium to dark green leaves on the Virginia willow grow up to 4 inches long and have fiery fall colors of yellow, orange, red and mahogany. The drooping white, fragrant flowers on the Virginia willow grow 3 to 6 inches long and emerge in early summer. The Virginia willow prefers full sun to part shade and moist to wet soils. The USDA Hardiness Zone is 5 to 9."
The fence line between the padock and the yard is several feet away from the garden. I'm thinking about planting a row of these along the fence... maybe even on the padock side.
Could it be that they will help move some of the water up and out of the soil??
This is from last spring - you can see the fence behind the garden area. It's about 5' or so away (and when I took this I was facing almost directly west).
I'm thinking about putting a line of them behind the fence....
I've got a really wet back yard. When it rains hard, I'll have a little bit of standing water for a while and 'suck-your-shoes-off" mud for days. And this is where my garden is (
This morning I was doing some poking around and found a mention of Virginia Willow. But I can't seem to find much info on them.
"Virginia Willow
A variety of willow tree, the Virginia willow, has medium texture and a moderate growth rate. These trees have an erect form with clustered branches that are rounded and arching. Virginia willows grow 3 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide. The medium to dark green leaves on the Virginia willow grow up to 4 inches long and have fiery fall colors of yellow, orange, red and mahogany. The drooping white, fragrant flowers on the Virginia willow grow 3 to 6 inches long and emerge in early summer. The Virginia willow prefers full sun to part shade and moist to wet soils. The USDA Hardiness Zone is 5 to 9."
The fence line between the padock and the yard is several feet away from the garden. I'm thinking about planting a row of these along the fence... maybe even on the padock side.
Could it be that they will help move some of the water up and out of the soil??
This is from last spring - you can see the fence behind the garden area. It's about 5' or so away (and when I took this I was facing almost directly west).
I'm thinking about putting a line of them behind the fence....