underplant upright hornbeam

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is an upright hornbeam shallow rooted? i have one planted one year and want to underplant it with an acuba. will i harm the root of the hornbeam

The Garden Shop · Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:08 am Post subject:

Hornbeam are shallow rooted trees so care would be needed when underplanting

You will need to avoid hitting roots.
How old is the hornbeam and how big are the acubas?

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The Garden Shop · Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:45 am Post subject:

Hello again

As the trees are only in the ground 1 yr and the aucuba plants are quite small then you should be able to plant them without disturbing the roots of the horbeam.

Just plant your aucuba no closer than 2ft each side of each hornbeam - its unlikely that their roots have stretched this far yet