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Camellia and neighbours extension
"Rod" wrote in message
news On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:48:30 +0000, SarahH wrote: We have a lovely mature (10-15 years old) Camellia very close to the boundary of our property near the house. Its around 10 foot tall now, Im planning on pruning it back to 8ft after its flowered. We are in a semi-detached house. The attached neighbours are planning a single storey extension at the back. If the foundations go to the boundary and cut off half the roots how likely is it that we will have an ex-camellia? Is there anything we can do to save it? Thankyou SarahH I'm guessing your plant is not right *on* the boundary so it's going to lose much less than half of its roots. Assuming also the extension isn't so close that it will stop water reaching the plant and that the plant won't be in full shade (they'll tolerate but not like, quite a lot of shade) Then I would just hope for the best. If you attempted to move it you would almost certainly get more root loss than you will get by leaving it where it is. Since it's going to lose some root then your planned pruning is more likely to be beneficial than not. For insurance and a treat - could you find room somewhere for another one? 15 quid isn't a lot for such a beautiful plant - and they grow quite quickly. Rod Would there be a problem with contamination from the foundations which might damage the tree through chemical rather than physical means? -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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