eastcoastguyz wrote:
I'm a little confused. A landscaper suggested that in a low area of our
yard where water pools at times of the year from lots of rain, said
that we should plant Leland cypress there since they love the water.
But I just read some older postings to this newsgroup where people said
they should have good drainage and won't like having their feet sit in
wet clay. (I'm typing this from memory).

Which is it? If I want to plant a row of trees in an area which is low
and water tends to pool there at times will Leland Cypress do fine or
are they going to die?

This conversation all came up, since I wanted to plant a row of trees
for privacy and was concerned about the water there during the heavy
rain months. I suspect since the soil has clay in it, that is making
the water stay around much longer too. Thanks!

Leland Cypress are very intolerant of flooding. Consider Heritage
Birch, Thornless Cockspur, Ilex 'Winter Red', Wax Myrtle and/or
numerous Willows: Bankers, "Snake', Corkscrew, Black, Fantail, Artic
Blue, and 'Hakuro Nishiki.'
HTH