Curious, DrLebel...did you try planting the bald cypress in the water? Did it work? I bought 3 7-8' cypress trees today to plant along the shoreline (in shallow water) in a small pond in SC. The country nursery that had them also had a 2-acre pond with about 15 of them in 1-3 feet of water surrounding it. They looked great, and he said he planted them in there years ago. Just curious if it worked for you.