@Beanc my yard is not well drained. It squishes like a sponge after a rain.
Squish squish squish

@Kurtroedeger yeah.

I think due to grading one end of my yard does that.

I need to figure out what I’m going to do there

@Beanc cranberries in the worst part and then blueberries around the perimeter

@Kurtroedeger oooh I do want blueberries. I was thinking front yard for those maybe not

@Beanc they are more forgiving for wetter areas. Not always soaked, but wetter they can handle. They care more about soil acidity

@Kurtroedeger so noted.

Not so sure about the weeping willow- the space is more hedge sized (4x30) and that would be BIIIIIIG

@Beanc they get big and *fast*. Because they grow fast they aren't the strongest in storms. So away from structures

@Kurtroedeger lol yeah I’m gonna go no.

It’s not a huge yard and I like my house

@Kurtroedeger fudge now I have to test soil nutrients/ ph

@Beanc my local ag extension does it real cheap

@Beanc @Kurtroedeger there are other native willows that like poorly drained soil, or you might try some Winterberry native hollies. they range from Canada to Texas on the eastern side of the country

@redenigma @Beanc

Maybe beanc can dig it out so the pupper has a mud run. 😉

@Kurtroedeger @redenigma the mud run is for me, dammit

@Beanc @Kurtroedeger Ilex verticillata. the Latin helps find the right plant... there are nativars (cultivated varieties) of it that can be quite spectacular in winter

@redenigma @Beanc and the birds like them

@Kurtroedeger @redenigma it looksnpretty

@Beanc @redenigma I know you don't really post your location. But what hardiness zone are you in?

@Kurtroedeger @Beanc i was 5B, now i'm 6A. i didn't move, the climate did

@redenigma @Beanc

Yeah
Mine too 😞

@Kurtroedeger @Beanc i have a zone 7/8 microclimate spot with a huge southern native magnolia in it

@redenigma @Beanc they are gorgeous. It's not a southern magnolia, but I have one out my office window. It doesn't understand climate change and budded out this month, just before we got amour first snow 🤦‍♀️
Did that last year too. Then had poor spring blooms 😞

@redenigma @Kurtroedeger 🥺

@Beanc @Kurtroedeger you need at least one male plant for every 4 or 5 female plants, within 10 or so feet to get lots of berries.
i have a female plant in my wet spot out front, but the road crew chopped the closest male in the ditch down so i don't get berries

@Beanc or if you want to have it dried out a weeping willow depending on your planting zone