Never plant trees near houses. It will put up your home's insurance.
They may be toppled and may cause damage.
They may drop seedlings into your garden which you will be forever pulling out.
You may find trees growing closer to your building if you do not keep on top of seedling pulling.
You may find roots undermining your foundations.
You may find berries dropping onto the footpath making a horrible slippery mess.
You may find the birds like to park themsleves on a branch overhanging where you park your car. And we all know birds drop do-doos.
You may find an annual deluge of leaves filling up the gutter in the road and possibly blocking the drains, leading to flooding.
You may find that your property guttering is getting clogged up with leaves and in need of clearing more often.
You may find it necessary to pay for green bin collection because of all the leaves that you will have to collect from your front garden.
By all means, plant trees. In copses. In woods. In forests.
All trees need maintenance especially in urban areas. Councils never have the funds available for that. It normally has to come from funds earmarked for other purposes. And that creates political tussles.
Trust me. I was a councillor in a ward that suffered, and continues to suffer, and will forever suffer, from overgrown trees and not so overgrown trees once planted by well meaning people who had no idea of the potential consequences that would accumulate over future years.
