Planting near water or sewer mains SOME PLANTS ARE UNSUITABLE FOR PLACING NEAR WATER OR SEWER MAINS If you are planning on planting any type of tree on your property it is always worth trying to prevent the invasion of tree roots before it happens. North East Water can provide a plan showing the location of water and sewer mains in the vicinity of your property and a copy of the drainage plan showing the location of the drains within your boundary can be obtained, for a fee, from Casey Inspection Services on 03 9835 5511. With this information you can avoid planting new trees and shrubs in the wrong area and know which should be removed before they cause any costly damage to your services. If the Corporation reasonably decides that a tree on a property is obstructing or damaging the Corporation's works, the Water Act allows North East Water to require the property owner to remove the tree. The property owner may also be required to pay the cost of repairing damage to the Corporation's asset caused by the tree. In most cases, providing the property owner undertakes to remove the tree, the Corporation will bear the cost of clearing a blockage caused by tree roots obstructing or damaging the Corporation's sewer or water main. Plants listed below are ones that may be planted in the locations shown. This list is offered as a guide only, and while experience has shown it to be generally satisfactory, conditions in individual cases can vary widely so that no recommendation implied or otherwise, can be given. Should not be planted closer than 2m to any main or connection: Botanical name Common name Acacia cultriformis
Knife-leaf Wattle
Acacia cyclops
Western Coastal Wattle
Acacia howithi
Sticky Wattle
Acacia iteaphylla
Gawler Range Waffle
Acacia longifolia
Sallow Wattle
Acacia microbotrya
Manna Wattle
Macla retinodes
Wirilda
Acacia sophorae
Coast Wattle
Acacia sowdenii
Western Myall
Acacia trineura
Three-nerved Waffle
Acacia victoiiae
Bramble Wattle
Acmena Eugenia smithii
Lilly Pilly
Acmena paniculata
Bush Cherry
Acmena coolminiana & related spedes
Blue Lilly Pilly
Actinostrobus pyramida’is
Swamp Cypress-Pine
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Botanical name
Common name
Bauhinia variegata and forms
Ebony-Wood
Betula pendula
Silver Birch
Callistemon citrinus
Crimson Bottlebrush
Callistemon “Gawler Hybrid’
“Gawler Hybrid”
Callistemon lilacinus
Lilac Bottlebrush
Callistemon macropunctatus
Scarlet Bottlebrush
Callistemon phoeniceus
Fiery Bottlebrush
Callistemon riqidus
Stiff Bottlebrush
Callistemon salignus
Willow Bottlebrush
Callistemon viminalis & similar spedes
Weeping Bottlebrush
Cercis siliquastrum
Judas Tree
Citharexylum spp.
Fiddlewood
Cotoneaster frigida
Cotoneaster
Crataegus lavallei
French Hawthorn
Crataegus oxyacantha & other crataegus
English Hawthorn
Duranta repens
Sky Flower
Eucalyptus caesia
Gungurru
Eucalyptus cosmophylla
Cup Gum
Eucalyptus crucis
Silver Mallee
Eucalyptus dielsii
Diels Mallee
Eucalyptus eremophila
Tall Sand Mallee
Eucalyptus erythrocorys
Red-cap Gum
Eucalyptus erythronema
Lyndsay Gum
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Fuchsia Gum
Eucalyptus leptophylla
Slender-Ieaf Mallee
Eucalyptus orbifolia
Round-leaf Mallee
Eucalyptus preissiana
Bell-fruit Mallee
Eucalyptus Pyriformis
Large-fruit Mallee
Euonymus japonicus
Evergreen Spindle-Tree
Feijoa sellowiana and forms
Pineapple Guava
Geijera parviflora
Wilga
Hakea elliptical
Oval-leaf 1-lakea
Hakea laurina
Pincushion Hakea
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Botanical name
Common name
Hakea petiolaris
Sea-urchin Hakea
Hakea soligna
Willow-leaf Hakea
Hakea undutata Hakea sulcata Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden Rain Tree
Jacaranda species
Jacaranda
Lagerstroemia indica
Pink Crepe-Myrtle
Leptospermum laevigatum
Coast Tea-tree
Malus spp.
Crab-apple
Melaleuca elliptical
Granite Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca fulgens
Scarlet Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Grey Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca incana
Red Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca lateritia
Robin Redbreast Bush
Melaleuca nesophila
Snowy Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca pentagona
Oval-leaf Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca radula
Graceful Honeymyrtle
Nerium oleander
Oleander
Photinia serrulata
Chinese Hawthorn
Pittosporum crassifolium & variegated form
Karo
Pittosporum phylliraeoides
Weeping Pittosporum
Pittosporum tenuifolium
Kohuhu
Prunus spp.
Flowering fruit trees
Pyracantha coccinea lalaridi
Fire-thorn
Pyracantha crenulata
Nepal Firethorn
Pyracantha rodgersiana
Yellow-Berry Firethorn
Sophora tetraptera
Yellow Kowhai
Spartlum junceum
Spanish Broom
Stenolobiurn stans velutina
Florida Yellow-Trumpet
Stenolobium alatum
Winged Yellow-Trumpet
Viburnum Onus
Laurustinus
Vitex agnus-castus
Lilac Chaste-tree
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Should not be planted closer than 4m to any main or connection: Botanical name Common name Acacia acuminata
Raspberry-jam Wattle
Acacia cyanophylla
Orange Wattle
Acacia pendula
Weeping Myall or Boree
Acacia salicina
Willow Wattle
Acacia saligna
Golden Wreath Wattle
Acer negundo
Box-Elder Maple
Agonis flexuosa
Willow-Myrtle
Albizzia julibrissin
Pink Silk Tree
Angophora cordata
Dwarf Apply Myrtle
Angophora costata
Smooth Barked Apply Myrtle
Arbutus unedo
Strawberry Tree
Bauhinia carroni & related species
Queensland bean or Ebony
Brachychiton acerifolius
Flame Tree
Brachychiton discolor
White Kurrajong
Brachichiton populneus
Kurrajong
Callitris columellaris
Murray Pine
Casuarina cristata
Belah
Casuarina stricta
Drooping She-oak
Casuarina torulosa
Rose She-oak
Qeltis australis
Nettle-Tree
Celtis occidentalis & related species
Hackberry or Sugarberry
Cotoneaster serotina
Cotoneaster
Erythrina indica hybrida
Indian Coral-tree
Eucalyptus cneorifolia
Kangaroo Island Narrow Leaf Mallee
Eucalyptus conglabata
Port Lincoln Mallee
Eucalyptus ficifolla
Red-flowered Gum
Eucalyptus gardneri
Blue Mallee
Eucalyptus incrassata
Yellow Mallee
Eucalyptus intertexta
Gum-barked Coolabah
Eucalyptus lansdowneana
Crimson Mallee Box
Eucalyptus lehmannii
Bushy Yate
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Botanical name
Common name
Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea
Red-flowered Yellow Gum
Eucalyptus megacornuta
Warty Yate
Eucalyptus nutans
Red-flowered Moort
Eucalyptus pileata
Ravensthorpe Mallee
Eucalyptus platypus
Round-Leaf Moort
Eucalyptus sargentil
Sargents Mallee
Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus steedmanii
Steedmans Gum
Eucalyptus stricklandü
Stricklands Gum
Eucalyptus torquata
Coral Gum
Eucalyptus viridis
Green Mallee
Ficus rubiginosa varlegata
Variegated Rusty-Fig
Frazinus excelsior var.
Aurea Golden Ash
Hakea suaveolens
Sweet Hakea
Harpephyllum caff rum
Kaffir Plum
Hymenosporum flavum
Native Frangipani
Ligustrum japonicum & variegated forms
Golden Hedge Privit
Ligustrum lucidum & variegated forms
Flossy Tree Privet
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar
Malaleuca alternifolia Melaleuca armillaris
Bracelet Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca halmaturorum
Kangaroo Paperbark
Melaleuca huegelii
Chenille Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca lanceolata
Moonah
Melaleuca linariifolia var. Trichostachya
Flax-leaf Paperbark
Metrosideros excelsa
NZ Christmas Tree
Myoporum insulare
Boobialla
Myoporum montanum
Water Bush
Parkinsonia aculeata
Jerusalem Thorn
Pittosporum rhombifolium
Queensland Pittosporum
Pittosporum undulatum
Sweet Pittosporum
Pittosporum “Variagata”
Variegated Pittosporum
Sophora japonica
Pagoda Tree
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Botanical name
Common name
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan Ash
Tamarix juniperina
Flowering Tamarish
Tristania confera
Brush Box
Should not be planted in any street or road in a drainage area: Botanical name Common name Araucaria heterophylla
