Hi Will! I am in the same boat, except I have a brand new pond with only man made structure that I have put in my self, But I knew I wanted trees in the pond and living in FL bald cypress a natural choice, I have grew up fishing around them my whole life and knew fish love to hang out around them. So I looked around and couldnt find and around the tree farms here. Believe it or not I found a lot of 10 trees for sale on Ebay for $50 bucks lol, I had my doubts and ordered them. they came my house in a box and looked like a bundle of sticks but potted them up with garden soil and they took off, the pictures show 3 weeks of growth! had only one not make it. I am gonna try to get some more and when the water level gets higher is when I plan on planting them, until then they will enjoy the good life and get a head start being potted up and watered regularly. Hope my lil story helps you!


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