You can install a piece of galvanized metal flashing or very thick plastic root barrier as a vertical, underground, wall around the bed. It should extend down about 18" for best results. Roots will hit the wall and then grow laterally or downward. Good luck!
It depends on the type of tree you have. Some have deeper/longer roots than others. Regardless, trees have stronger/further reaching roots than any flowering plant will have. The tree will win out every time just about. You can try Shoshana's method but eventually, those tree roots will find their way into the flower bed. The good news, they'll be deeper and so the flower's roots should still be fine as they never get very deep.
Unfortunately not it must be growing quiet near to your flowers depending on the size of the tree you could move it in the dormant season October to February
I would just use a spade to cut along the side that the tree is on every spring. You don't have to dig up, just cut through the roots. Bushes also send out fine roots.
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Ax them.
You can install a piece of galvanized metal flashing or very thick plastic root barrier as a vertical, underground, wall around the bed. It should extend down about 18" for best results. Roots will hit the wall and then grow laterally or downward. Good luck!
It depends on the type of tree you have. Some have deeper/longer roots than others. Regardless, trees have stronger/further reaching roots than any flowering plant will have. The tree will win out every time just about. You can try Shoshana's method but eventually, those tree roots will find their way into the flower bed. The good news, they'll be deeper and so the flower's roots should still be fine as they never get very deep.
Unfortunately not it must be growing quiet near to your flowers depending on the size of the tree you could move it in the dormant season October to February
I would just use a spade to cut along the side that the tree is on every spring. You don't have to dig up, just cut through the roots. Bushes also send out fine roots.