Beginner Gardening: Beautiful 15 Yr Old Cherry Blossom Tree, 1 by Fun_In_Garden

Fun_In_Garden wrote:
With cutting down the 2 lower limbs of the tree I am already noticing that more sunlight is coming into the ground nearest to the trunck and around to the front of the house and to the rose bushes as well that are planted on the side of our house. So from what WeeNel was saying about the moisture and the sunlight - I twill have to break up the soil and ground that is already there in order to get the plants/shrubs and flowers started. I just don't want to damage any of the roots from the Cherry Tree!!

Here is another before picture of the tree!