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Sorry you don't like Laurels Peds, I actually really like them for the reasons you state, evergreen, screening indestructible. If I was to remove it and plant three or four more trees along side the new fence, which would you suggest with similar characteristics? Hornbeam? Not that I would, but is it actually possible to move a tree/shrub of that size without killing it? I thought it would be impossible

Thanks Dan, at least I know that keeping the tree and putting in a new fence post is still an option

The fence belongs to my elderly neighbours in the house behind the tree according to the land registry/deeds but we were offering to pay half the cost of the new fence. I am in the house to the right with the dog. Tempted to remove the tree (shrub) after receiving advice in this chat but it's not going to be cheap to have the tree removed, pay half toward the fence and then replant a few other decent size trees!

Come on guys.. I thought you would be on my side. I'd really like to keep the tree. We have lost about 12 other trees in the road and surrounding gardens and it would be a shame to cut it down as this is the last one! I do appreciate that it is large and poorly placed but it was there before before the fence! I would rather replace/repair the fence every 10 years than loose the tree. The post in question is actually about 10 inches out of alignment with the rest of the fence which seems odd.. perhaps it has moved 'with' the tree/roots? I would just like to move it back 10-14 inches. I don't know anything about trees. Would boring a new post hole 12 inches (or alternatively 3 feet) away from the existing post cause the tree to die. Surely if you only damaged one root, the tree would survive happily with the other root system?

Hi, getting different advice from Fencing companies about fence post position so thought I would seek advice from persons more knowledgeable about trees than fencing. The fence is getting replaced as well as the posts as they have moved out of alignment. One post however is very close to the Laurel (see photo). The new post ideally would stay in roughly the same position to avoid having half fence panels but it move move about 10 inches 'away' from it. Is this likely to cause damage to the tree? Another suggestion was to fit the new posts 3ft either of the tree which sounds less damaging to the tree but would probably result in two half panels in the run of fencing which I was trying to avoid. Is either option unlikey to cause damage to the tree as we don't want to lose it. Thanks