Small privacy tree or bush for wet area

you may need to do some irrigating to have water run off so the area doesn’t stay so wet! Dig a deep trench and either add a drainage pipe or a lot of gravel and put back a good draining soil rather then using the existing dirt! We live in a area where the ground is all clay and the rain fall just don’t drain well anywhere. So I have to dig deep trenches and add gravel for drainage and/ or a drainage pipe and then I add back a good garden soil for all my plants plus add bark nuggets that also absorb water. I don’t use bark dust cause it turns to dirt too fast and have to be replace. Nuggets keep the weeds from growing back longer! Good luck

Call your local university or the state conservation dept. they can usually help for free. or you can always go to a reputable nursery. always look at an example of the end result before buying/planting.. bushes like forsythia grow good and can be trimmed for several years but they are a weed, and reputable growers will not recommend them..

Try this link...https://ask.extension.org