You know its funny (or is to me) that swamp and mangrove species have been overlooked for so long as possible solutions to our problematic urban areas, with their crap soils and high compaction levels...I prob come off a bit manic about it but I absolutely love the whole Barringtonia family, tough as and many have beautiful (if short lived ) flowers. Melaleuca is another family of absolute belters, will grow right up against the kerb and put up with 5/10yr root carving as part of kerb replacement. Its common sense that trees that have evolved to survive and thrive in such inhospitable environs would be worth a look at for tricky spots in our cities...not all of them of course physical dimensions permitting.
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We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
- Kahlil Gibran
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