We have several bald cypress trees on our property. They do like water. Our trees are about 40 feet tall and we planted them about 2007. I still water every other day with the heat getting above 90.
I don't know how they would do since you all get snow?

i am in the real SE MI ... adrian.. as compared to those detroit burb hosers who claim to be inches from OH ... lol ...

totally and completely bulletproof.. once established...

i bought mine.. 14 years ago .. a 6 foot stick in a one gallon pot from big lot ... and it never looked back ..

pure sand.. no water after 2 years ...

clay is irrelevant to all conifers all but for how you plant it ...

ken

I have two in my yard that are now 10 years old and getting some real size on them. I can't say that I've ever watered them much, past the first year of getting them established. Like Ken says, pretty bulletproof once established. I happened to find mine at Walmart that fall, 10 years ago. Do you have any nurseries close by you that could order for you?

We purchased our bald cypress from either a Home Depot or a Lowe's home improvement store.

You may also want to check out metasequoia (dawn redwood). They're very interesting trees and in many ways resemble bald cypress, but they don't love water quite as much. Also, in good conditions they will outgrow bald cypress, up to six feet per year once established.

S

Ken, up there in the north do your Bald cypress outgrow the metasequoias? Here is seems growth is similar slightly favoring the metasequoias.

Either way they are great trees. If you have the room try them both.

One neat thing about planting them. If you are even near reasonable it should be near impossible to over water them.