I was wondering whether to plant a small willow fairly close to a pond.
It's Salix petiolaris which is a small shrubby tree which apparently
only grows to 12' or so.

I wonder though whether there's a danger that the roots could find their
way through a a butyl liner. I know they can do that very easily to
drainage pipes.

Janet G

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I was wondering whether to plant a small willow fairly close to a pond.
It's Salix petiolaris which is a small shrubby tree which apparently
only grows to 12' or so.

I wonder though whether there's a danger that the roots could find their
way through a a butyl liner. I know they can do that very easily to
drainage pipes.


No, they won't penetrate the liner, unless there's a hole in it already.
They get into drainage pipes by muscling in through the joins, growing,
and disrupting the line of them.

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Rusty
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"Janet Galpin" wrote in message
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I was wondering whether to plant a small willow fairly close to a pond.
It's Salix petiolaris which is a small shrubby tree which apparently
only grows to 12' or so.

I wonder though whether there's a danger that the roots could find their
way through a a butyl liner. I know they can do that very easily to
drainage pipes.

Janet G

No but best not to have any deciduous tree near a pond because of the leaves
..

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"Janet Galpin" wrote in message
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I was wondering whether to plant a small willow fairly close to a pond.
It's Salix petiolaris which is a small shrubby tree which apparently
only grows to 12' or so.

I wonder though whether there's a danger that the roots could find their
way through a a butyl liner. I know they can do that very easily to
drainage pipes.

Janet G

No but best not to have any deciduous tree near a pond because of the
leaves

The leaves of evergreens don't stay on for ever, you know.

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Rusty
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On 29/1/06 12:04, in article , "Janet
Galpin" wrote:

I was wondering whether to plant a small willow fairly close to a pond.
It's Salix petiolaris which is a small shrubby tree which apparently
only grows to 12' or so.

I wonder though whether there's a danger that the roots could find their
way through a a butyl liner. I know they can do that very easily to
drainage pipes.

Janet G


We have had a living willow fence about 4 or 5 feet away from the edge of a
pond for the last three years. So far, so good!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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Janet Galpin wrote:
I was wondering whether to plant a small willow fairly close to a
pond. It's Salix petiolaris which is a small shrubby tree which
apparently only grows to 12' or so.

I wonder though whether there's a danger that the roots could find
their way through a a butyl liner. I know they can do that very
easily to drainage pipes.

Drains are rigid material but hollow inside, the roots merely find a gap and
grow, with a rubber liner they will simply grow beneath it and maybe cause a
few extra bumps...authenticity at no extra cost!