Root development limited by surrounding shrubs

Shrubs surrounding a tree, Tabebuia rosea, along a roadside verge at Beach Road may have limited its spread of roots. The area is sheltered by buildings although it was located quite close to the coast. It used to be closer, hence the road name but reclaimation changed the actual moniker.

The tree may have been fine with not spreading its roots too far. But one day the leaf cover of the shrubs were taken off and coupled with the monsoon season, mercilessly dumping large volumes of rainwater onto the relatively small planting verge.

 Taken up one lane

Lifted root plate