I live on a riverbank. The river floods two or three times a year and planting area will stay under water sometimes as long as four or five days. I want to find some flowering plants (nothing to cut off the river view) that will tolerate such conditions. It's fairly shady as there are two huge sycamores on the bank. I know that daylilies are not bothered and some forms of iris. I have both of these and they work. I'd like to find more of a variety so that I can have bloom in all seasons. I live in southwestern Ohio, zone 6. Any suggestions?
I will suggested you have a walk along the riverbank, and see if something growing there are what you like, than either get it from the owner or nursery. Sometime plant died not because can't tolerate the covering of water, but may be the PH of the water at that period. e.g. salt water cause by high sea level.
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Sea water are problem for those near sea, it may not happen yearly, can be once in the ten year. If your land are sit between wetland and river, you may face problem of low PH water that contain high iron at dry period. Debris and mud coated on plant bring by flood will kill a lot of plant. The sharp change of PH due to flood water will weaken plant. ...
For every new land, I will first put in those I found nearby, and these plant will remaind as majority. If something bad happen, it may come out these plant are those still remain there. These may not be wild flower, can be those ecotype that cultivate by local people, that had go through generation.
Try to get those you found near your place, even they are the same species, but those ecotype you found had go through generation of selection, and having better chance of doing well than those from nursery. For those wild flower, if the law allowed, collect some seeds or cutting, but should less than 20% of what you found.
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