"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , TheGardener
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I'm not sure what you mean by messy, Janet.


Some trees attract greenfly etc and then drip black sooty mould all over
the ground or things beneath Chrissie. The cherry is a bit like that
with it's fruit dropping over everything including the cars but the main
drawback is that the tiny stems that break off are quite knobbly and get
into the car grilles and gutters


As for it being so
close to the house, I can't see it causing any more problems than your
cherry tree which is there at the moment.


Don't know about its root form, is it surface or deep rooted?


The only problem I can see might
be that it is quite a slow grower. But even a small Brilliantissimum is
stunning.


Well actually we do have one next to the red oak at the back. It's been
in 20 odd years and the leaves have a lovely pink tinge in the spring
and the autumn leaves are indeed nice colours.

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

I can only reply based on my own experience of the tree in my garden. I
can't remember it attracting hoards of greenfly - in fact, it seems
relatively pest free. As for the root form, I really have no idea! I'm
sure someone in the group will know though! I would guess at it being
fibrous rather than tap-rooted, but I could be wrong.

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