it likes water as most willows do. they will also grow in normal conditions. yours will probably just grow a little faster.

Last year my husband and I worked with a Nursery to landscape our back yard. We advised the Nursery that the majority of the area was wet right through to the summer. (When I say "wet", I mean you squelch when you walk through it and it makes it difficult - if not impossible to cut the lawn). On their advice we planted 2 willows several poplars and a maple - all of which have not taken. When we had the Nursery come out to see, they advised us that the area was too wet for the willows and the other trees to thrive. In their words, "there's wet and then there's drowning". After reading the posts about water loving plants, I am hesitant to believe that this was the case. I am not sure whether to have the existing willows replaced, or to create a pond/bog area at the lowest point. Any suggestions?