"Bushy" wrote in message
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Roots will find their way around most rocks quite happily, but remember
the
tree wants a root structure that is almost a mirror image of the green
bits
above the ground. Have a look at some of the old druid dawings sometime,
they knew about this many years ago when everyone was a farmer of types.

I have a farm in SE Qld, with a lot of side of the mountain rock and
cliffs,
a lot of various gum trees and they grow quite happily on the edge of a
cliff bank. If more water is available, they grow well on the top edge,
but
if less water, the bottom of the back works well.

The ones that get there roots down to the water table near the creek just
get bigger and bigger!

Hope this helps,
Peter

Thanks Peter.

I think I'll just plant it and see how it goes - its far enough away from
the house and everything so that even if it did blow over in 5 years time
its not going to fall on anything anyway (assuming no-ones under it if it
falls!).

Ciao,
Dave.