"Roberta" wrote in message
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Good suggestion Kylie! We had thought of planting a LillyPilly, as some
varieties have very nice edible fruit, but they are not deciduous.

One of the deciduous stone fruits could be an option, providing we can get
a variety that can cope with our very hot summers.

Thanks!

~Roberta~


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"Roberta Bagshaw" wrote in message
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Hi everyone

Recently we had to remove a 2 year old Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum)
tree from our courtyard, because its roots were beginning to push up the
brick paving and were heading towards the house.

We had planted it as we had been told it was fairly safe in proximity to
sewer pipes etc., and also because in our warm climate (coastal mid-west
of Western Australia) it is one of the few deciduous trees which gives
some lovely autumn colour. It can get fairly hot in summer here, and
the tallow tree coped with this very well with the heat.

We need to plant a tree, with a non-invasive root system, which will
provide shade on the east side of the house during summer, and which
will not grow too large. Our soil is red clay - high in nutrients - and
most things we plant grow very robustly - when provided with some water
during summer.

Any suggestions?

~Roberta~

i'm wondering if you've thought about a fruit tree of some kind...? many
of them are attractive (well, attractive enough ;-) and you can pick the
size you want & prune it into the shape you want. and you get fruit!

apparently apricots will actually do much better than they otherwise
would if you box in the roots when you plant it, too.
kylie




I would suggest a pomegranite as they are great.

cheers

Richard