HI ATTCHED ARE PHOTOS OF CONIFER TREES, CAN PLEASE ADVISE ON WHAT TYPE OF TREE, AND WHAT THE DEPTH OF ROOTAGE. THE TREE ARE APROX 15 METERS HIGH. BEST REGARDS mALCOLM WRIGHT
Hi, This looks like a Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson Cypress) or X Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland Cypress). Both will become large trees but the roots do not spread too far. There will be a main tap-root which acts as an anchor and is usually very long and will go down fairly deep, depending on what the soil is like. My parents have a Lawson Cypress approximately 20ft from their house, which is about 25-30ft in height and it has been there many years without any problems. A hedge of them however may cause heavy shade and dry soil beneath.
Leyland Cypress Cupressus × leylandii. Wrong shoot structure for Lawson's Cypress. At 15m tall, still less than half their potential mature height. They do however look as though they have been pruned in the past, which can lead to structural faults in the crown, with a high risk of forked stems developing and later splitting in storms, dropping half a tree on whatever (or whoever) is below. The roots will go to a metre or so deep (up to 2 metres deep on well-drained soils), but spread up to around 15m or more radius from the trunk.
