We have a tree next to our lawn. I think it's a dogwood, but I'm not sure. It gets these beautiful white flowers in the spring, and I think the tree is pretty common in the Pacific NW. Anyway, some of the roots of the tree shoot across the lawn - just beneath the surface. And then they sprout in the middle of my landscaping on the other side of the lawn. Plus we get little shoots sprouting up in the middle of the lawn, and I think the roots also steal water from the grass. I'd like to just cut these sideways roots at the base of the tree. Would this kill the tree? I'm guessing there is still a pretty strong root system going down.

Hello there , I was wondering what the best way to pull a shrub is? I think that they are arborvitie's (if that is how they are spelled). I have a large truck (commercial dumptruck ) and I was going to wrap a chain around the base of one at a time and pull slowly until it comes up, then fill in the hole with loam. I am also tossing around the idea of running the chain around the base and then over a few railroad ties before hooking to the truck. My theory behind this is that if the ties are close enough to the base of the bush the pulling motion will be more upward then forward. Anyway, anyone got any ideas? Dennis P.S. I really don't wanna do any digging if thats what you were thinking...lol