hedging for wet garden

km79

hi all looking for suggestions for hedging for wet back garden on half acre site. i ilke grisselania or laurel would either of these be suitable for a very wet garden.
also one or two trees willow have been suggested.
finally will may be too late for planting bare root?

wildlandscape

You just about get away with planting bare root this week...weather is slowly improving and many shrubs and trees are beginning to leaf!

Escallonia, willow, birch, spindle tree, dog wood, anything ornamental in the elder family (sambucus), and alder all grow well in wet gardens.

bbam

Hornbeam is very similar to beech but will tolerate wet situations, just not flooded..

km79

thanks for the replies regarding trees will probably go with willow and alder
will grisselania hedge survive in wet sometimes waterlogged soil?
also why can bare root not be planted after april?

bbam

Bareroot is a method of lifting-moveing-planting plants which are in their dormant season, they don't notice the roots are bare as long as they are kept moist...

Once we get to this time of year the plants are budding and leaves opening which means the plant needs the roots in soil to take in moisture and nutrients.

I planted my last 30 bareroot yeaterday, should just get away with it as the buds on some were just opening...

If you are going with willow, (and I would only have a willow hedge on a large rural site) you could try for cuttings.. I've never done this but I have 400 arriving soon.

johno2

Alder is great for wet areas, it'll dry up the puddles quickly after a bad period of rain. I wouldn't plant griselini there, it might survive but I doubt will ever thrive. There is 1 exceptional griselini tree that I know of though that is growing right on the bank of a river and it's about 9-10 meters tall.

johno