"Sue" wrote in message
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Visited some friends in Selby last weekend.

They have a eucalyptus tree about as tall as their house and within a yard
of it.

They have a question. Is it a threat to the foundations?

I have a question too. May its growth be arrested or should its owner be,
for having planted it so unsuitably in the first place?!

Sue W.

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It sounds like it is still probably a fairly young eucalyptus-with a thin
trunk??
At this stage it will not cause any serious damage to foundations or
soil/clay structure but both these could occur when it really takes off.
It can be coppiced to any desired height and treated as a shrub,which is
what the owner may have originally intended.
I guess the overall verdict will be "Kill it"