Should I just cut down my lilac tree and pull the roots up?

My mother planted lilac trees all over the yard and about 10 yrs later she planted maple trees about 15 feet away. Well, now the maple tree has grown over the lilac%26#039;s, so the bush doesnt get sunshine. It has no big purple lilacs. Its just a pathetic looking bush which is very old. Is there any way to preserve it? Can I did a portion of it up and plant it in the sunshine somewhere out back?

Should I just cut down my lilac tree and pull the roots up?
You could dig the lilacs up and plant them where they would flourish. I would be doing that late in the fall after the leaves fall off and it goes into a dormant state. You can also do it in the very early spring while it is still dormant also.





You have to get a large enough root ball to be successful in the transplant effort. I would talk to someone at a local nursery that knows shrub responses to your climate. I just moved a lilac bush last fall (for the same reason) and it is doing fine this spring. I used some special fertilizer in the soil to stimulate root growth. Good Luck!
Reply:We have a lilac bush in our back yard and it%26#039;s nice and bushy. My mom is trying to root some sprigs, but she%26#039;s not sure if it%26#039;s a rootable plant, meaning, growing roots from the shoots she cut off. If your lilac bush has any new shoots growing up from the ground (new bushes), then you can dig them up, but carefully. Then, replant them in a place in your yard that gets lots of sun. Our bush has lots of new shoots growing up from the ground, around the bush. We may dig a few up and replant them elsewhere in our yard so we%26#039;ll have lilac bushes in our front yard - not just the back.
Reply:DIG OUT AROUND THE LILAC BUSH ABOUT 4FT, PULL IT UP KEEPING AS MANY ROOTS INTACT AS POSSIBLE, THEN MOVE THEM TO A BETTER LOCATION, OR GIVE THEM TO A NEIGHBOR, IF YOU CAN%26#039;T TRANSPLANT IMMEDIATELY WRAP ROOTS IN VERY WET CLOTH, UNTIL YOU ARE ABLE TO TRANSPLANT. MAKE SURE TO KEEP ROOTS VERY WET UNTIL TRAN SPLAT.
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Reply:I have known of lilacs close to 100 years old; so yours should still have some life.





I would dig some up and replant it in some sun; they come back even if cut way back
Reply:You can re-plant them somewhere in the sunlight so they don%26#039;t die.
Reply:I WOULD CUT DOWN THE MAPLE TREE
Reply:put it somewhere else..maybe about if u have a field where u live then put it in front of your yard?
Reply:Why not cut back on the maple trees branches to give enough space between the other lilac trees??? Dont%26#039; get rid of them!! I love lilacs!! They are soo pretty. I don%26#039;t think you can dig up a portion of it and plant it in the sunshine. It may not survive as it could be too week. What you can do is dig the whole thing up and move them some where else they need sun shine. You would just re-set them in the ground with a big enough hole for the roots. You want to get the right tree potting soil to cover up with. Then you would want to get strong stakes (not wooden, they are weak) and place a stake on three sides of the trunk in the ground. Get strong rope, long pieces a few feet worth, and tie one end of rope on each stake. Then take the other ends of the rope, wrapping the rope around the trunk to where is holding the tree up right and sturdy. It sounds like a hassle, but it%26#039;s the only way to save those poor things! My ex did this and it worked. Just was a hassle to get it sturdy in the ground. You may want someone to help you hold the tree while you are doing this so it doesn%26#039;t topple over on you. Having someone hold it while you place the stakes and tie the rope helps keep it sturdy so it%26#039;s re-set in the ground right. Once we did it, the tree didn%26#039;t look like it was going to make it. However it survived after watering for a few days so it got used to it%26#039;s new home. It%26#039;s back to normal now! I hope I helped!
Reply:well, first of all, you definitely DO NOT want to kill either the maple trees or the lilac bush. Unless they are either dead, dying or diseased. It irritates me when people destroy perfectly healthy trees just because they are %26quot;in the way%26quot;. There are more reasonable methods to solving the situation. Trim approximately the top 1/4 off the maple trees and also some of the lower branches, to allow more sunlight to the lilacs. Next, you can also cut the lilac all the way down to about 2 or 3 feet above the ground and remove all the old, dried up dead shoots from the base. Do not remove anything that is %26quot;green%26quot;, this is called the %26quot;new wood%26quot;. Once you get it trimmed up and cleaned out nicely you will be surprised how quickly and fully it will grow back. It won%26#039;t produce any blossoms this year, too late in the season already, but by next spring there should be lots of flowers on it. It would be too difficult and risky to the lilac to try to dig it up and transplant it.


They have a very elaborate and delicate intertwining root system which forms one gigantic clump. When digging up shrubs and plants, you need to be careful to preserve the rhyozomes in the tips of the roots which supply nutrients to the rest of the plant. Good luck and %26quot;Happy Gardening%26quot;!



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