"Earnest Trawler" wrote in message ...
"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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Recommended minimum planting distance from buildings for willows is forty
metres. Not a typo!

I believe you!

Mine is less than 10 meters from the house, which is why I pollard it at 3
meters every year, I have not had any trouble from it. Having been pollarded
every year for 10 years it has two huge burls on top of the twin trunks and
puts out dozens of thin branches. This time of year it looks like the
classic child's drawing of a tree, a trunk with a big green ball on top! I
rather like it like that.

My weeping willow is in an 80 litre planter.

If you think pollarding the top growth will slow down the roots, I do
hope the other think you've got coming isn't too painful!

How long's the weeper been in the planter? (This is genuine interest,
not the prelude to a piece of smart-arsery.)

Mike.