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Periodical salt-water flooding
I know some couples who live on large boats in Kent; a few times a
year the spring tides flood the gardens at their moorings. I haven't yet been involved long enough to be sure which plants can take it in the long term and which can't (except that I see half a dozen cornus alba caved in completely in a few months). Has anybody got any experience or knowledge of this fascinating garden problem? Mike. |
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In article , "Mike Lyle" writes: | I know some couples who live on large boats in Kent; a few times a | year the spring tides flood the gardens at their moorings. I haven't | yet been involved long enough to be sure which plants can take it in | the long term and which can't (except that I see half a dozen cornus | alba caved in completely in a few months). | | Has anybody got any experience or knowledge of this fascinating | garden problem? It's worth taking a look at what grows in southern Cornwall - I am pretty sure that the oaks around the Helford estuary, for example, get soaked regularly. Not by flooding, but by a high tide being driven by the wind. There are quite a lot of other places around the country that have similar properties. I am pretty sure that tamarisk can take it, but it likes sand. And there are a lot of herbaceous plants that grow very close to the tide marks. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , "Mike Lyle" writes: I know some couples who live on large boats in Kent; a few times a year the spring tides flood the gardens at their moorings. I haven't yet been involved long enough to be sure which plants can take it in the long term and which can't (except that I see half a dozen cornus alba caved in completely in a few months). Has anybody got any experience or knowledge of this fascinating garden problem? It's worth taking a look at what grows in southern Cornwall - I am pretty sure that the oaks around the Helford estuary, for example, get soaked regularly. Not by flooding, but by a high tide being driven by the wind. There are quite a lot of other places around the country that have similar properties. I am pretty sure that tamarisk can take it, but it likes sand. And there are a lot of herbaceous plants that grow very close to the tide marks. Tamarisk (the later-flowering species: I couldn't get the earlier one, though I planned to mix them) is taking it in its stride so far. Curiously, so is a solitary licorice, which I included just for fun, though it's hardly decorative. Camomiles dotted in the lawn have failed; but as might be expected the grass is flourishing, though only a bog-standard gc turf mixture. Mike. |
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