"Chris Styles" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've bought a Salix to plant in our front garden (about 5~6m from the
front of the house), and a colleague has said that Salix are part of the
Willow family and should not be planted near buildings. I've Had a good
Google and I cant find anything about planting the Salix away from
buildings.

If it makes any difference, the Salix in question is about 2m tall, and
has been "topiarised" so that the leaves form a 1m diameter ball at the
top of a thin trunk.

Can anyone advise?

thanks

Chris
Salix is the Latin name for the willow family. If you have the label right
this one shouldn't get too much bigger. AFAIK the problem with willows over
other trees is that they are particularly water loving and tend to break
into the sewers and drainage generally :-( . If you don't have a sewer drain
or land drain in the vicinity I would think you would be alright with this
one as it probably won't get huge

HTH

Gill M