Since I flooded the area last Sept. the willows in the 15' to 20' water have survived well. I am also not having any problems with any of them trying to start anywhere near the banks from anything floating away. For those that do not know I transplanted some large willow trees into the deep area of my 3ac pond while doing renovations. I done this thinking it would be good vertical structure for the BCP I was planning on stocking. Here is a view from the high ground.
Edit; BTW The Gap between the 1 willow toward the stand pipe and the others is a road I built the first time I renovated this pond in the mid 90's. It has about a 3' elevation above the bottom and a culvert in it for water to pass thru.
