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Cherry Blossom tree (Sakura) and underground pipes?
I am a new home owner, and as a new home owner petrified of everything. I want to plant a Cherry Blossom tree in my front yard, but I am looking for some best practice advice on tree roots and underground pipes. I am connected to a city sewer system
It doesn't matter where you plant the tree, it can still penetrate the water pipes. I have no clue how they can get their roots into those pipes but they do it. You might call miss dig in your city and have them come mark where the pipes system is at and then plant the tree as far from those pipes as possible. Also, a tree's roots system is always as wide as the branches are plus sometimes a few inches one way or the other so find out just how wide a span the full grown tree will have in its branches from one side to the other and then cut that in half and add a foot for possible variation and then you can be pretty sure that you can plant the tree at least half way over from that point plus a foot more or so for safety sake. Also, be sure that you check where the electrical wires are that go near your property. If a tree is anywhere near those they will come and cut out the part of the tree that could damage the wires in a storm. When we moved here there was one planted at the back of our home where the lines were but it was small. We never moved it and then it grew over time and then two years ago they came and whacked one side off. The next storm broke the other side since the tree was unbalanced. We had to fight the city for a new tree so they said they would give us one IF we would let them cut the rest of that one down and put the tree in a place where it could not touch the lines at full growth. Make sure you do the same measurements for your tree with the wires too.
System of a Down - Cherry