Trees that will flourish in wet and occasionally water logged soil

A range of tough trees will be quite happy on damp or permanently wet soils, in fact many trees and shrubs will positively flourish in wet soils and can improve the drainage of such soils in the long term as roots penetrate subsoil, improving drainage and sucking moisture out of the soil.

It is also sensible to stake and tie trees securely and always dig in plenty of compost and fertilizer into the planting pit to give young trees and shrubs a good start.

Click Image for Full Profile	Latin & Common Name	Earmark	Type & Form	Flowers & Foliage
	Amelanchier canadensis Snowy Mespilus		Tree, Spreading	White flowers (Spring)
	Crataegus monogyna Common Hawthorn		Tree, Hedging & Screening, Rounded - Tree	White flowers (Spring, scented)
	Fraxinus excelsior Ash		Tree, Rounded - Tree	Non-flowering
	Salix caprea Goat Willow		Tree, Rounded - Tree	White flowers (Winter)
	Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry		Shrub, Rounded - Bush	White flowers (Spring)
	Cornus sanguinea		Shrub,	Non-flowering
	Sorbaria tomentosa		Tree, Rounded - Bush	White flowers (Summer early)
	Populus x canicans 'Aurora' Variegated poplar		Tree, Fastigiate	Non-flowering
	Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Goldrush'		Tree, Conical - Tree	Non-flowering
	Betula nigra Paper bark birch		Tree, Rounded - Tree	Non-flowering