Yeah the Island is filling back in, naturally the swamp grass grew fast, but the cattail is growing and the hardy water Canna is starting to grow. Even though the muskrats chewed up the Iris last fall you can see it is starting to grow back on the far left side.
Of the 5 different plants I bought to put on the Island 2 years ago only the water Canna and Iris continue to survive our nasty winters, I got the swamp grass from wet areas on my property and the Cattails planted themselves.
Some of the swamp grass is pushed down so I think some of the ducks have been sitting on it.