Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: What do I do? , 1 by art_n_garden

art_n_garden wrote:
It's planted about 3 feet from a retaining wall that is part of my terracing. I hope it's not too close...I tried to get it as far away from the house as I could, hadn't thought about the wall really.
The wall has already had it's share of problems- if you look close, you can see a stump of a cottonwood tree that the former owners planted (or let grow) and it has started to move the top stones of the wall. We cut it down and are slowly in the process of removing the stump. You can see the terracing and cottonwood stump better in this picture.