Trees too close to the house

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• Duncan Blackwell Posts: 87

  February 2014

  I've just had a Quince tree delivered and with it came this handy little guide

  SAFE PLANTING DISTANCES

  Oak                                      30m

  Elm                                      30m

  Hawthorn                               12m

  Ash                                       21m

  Sycamore                              17m

  Birch                                     10m

  Maple                                    20m

  Popular                                  35m

  Willow                                   40m

  Cyprus                                   20m

  Rowan                                   11m

  Magnolia                                5m

  Walnut                                   14m

  Laburnum                               9m

  Horse Chestnut                       23m

  Beech                                    15m

  Plane                                     22m

   

  These are maximum distances that have been recorded from damage to pr

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• Tropical Sam Posts: 1,488

  February 2014

  Andrew Ridsdale wrote (see)

  thanks for your comments. 

  i will buy a large pot - ant ideas on size?

  what about the fruit trees?

   

  thank you

  For grandiflora I would not over pot - so go up a pot size when it needs it.

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• AHR Posts: 361

  April 2014

  Thanks for your help. 

   

  if i was to plant the magnolia in the ground but keep it small would that stop the roots growing to big towards the house ?? 

   

   

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• NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813

  April 2014

  I had a house with a magnolia growing against and then under a single brick extension and it caused the building to come away from the main  house

  careful what you plant !

  Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.

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• Richard Pelling Posts: 1

  April 2014

  I have a holly tree growing close to my house and an underground sewage pipe how big will its roots become and should I take it out?

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