Small flowering trees for damp soil

wicklowwood

Happy Easter bank holiday.. hope you are all as well as can be expected. I am looking for a little bit of advice. I want to get at least 2 small in stature flowering trees that like damp soil. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan.

A kilmarnock willow maybe? Willows love damp soil and the kilmarnock version is small.

macraignil

Here is a link to a RHS web page with a list of trees that would suit wet soils. The pear, the amelanchier lamarkii and the elder flower have nice blooms and the purple leaved types of elder flower are particularly nice in my opinion. There are links to short video clips of these in my own garden included.

secman

Personally i would stay clear of the Kilmarnock willow, had 3 if them, pulled one out and would like to take the other 2 out. Too much maintenance on them as they get older, they are usually grafted on to a root stock and whilst young they trail, but they want to hrow upright and can be a nuisance. No flowers and are generally unattractive. We have the snowy mespil alluded to and its a lovely tree with gorgeous spring flowers.