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I'd be grateful for some advice: I recently bought a lovely town centre bungalow which I am modernising and extending. It has a south west facing garden which gets no sun because of the trees in a neighbouring garden. There are eight copper beech trees and two Monterey Cyprus within three / four feet of the boundary wall which itself is three / four feet from the side wall of my house. The Monterey Cyprus is one of three which were planted so close together that they've grown through each other and have reached approximately 70 feet tall and the beeches are approximately 30 feet tall. The trunks of the beech trees are between 30 and 50 cms round. I attach photos. I am wondering how likely it is that the roots may cause damage to my property. the proximity of the beeches to the existing property in particular is concerning, but equally, with a crown which is eight metres wide, the root ball of the Cyprus must be significant. I hope someone can advise. I know that the only certain way to prevent root damage is to fell the trees. The overall plot on which my property sits is only 12 metres wide by 20 metres deep (and my neighbour's plot is smaller ... the trees are within nine feet of her own property) so I wonder what are good replacement trees to consider. I was thinking fruit trees if well maintained and acers. The land is coastal (north west) so the soil is most likely sandy with a little clay.
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We bought a new house in July - there is a large copper beech in the garden. Will it lose its leaves in the winter? Thank You
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Hi all, just come across this very informative forum when trying to find some info on copper beech trees. Was hoping some of you kind folk might be able to help. We have a copper beech in a house we moved into 2 years ago. The last 2 springs the tree has not come fully into leaf, but only on one side. I think we may have unknowingly pulled out some of the fine roots when gardening. Then had a fence fitted where some cowboys have probably chopped through a root or two.
