Help!

Ust discovered I have a sycamore tree growing so went to dig it out but the roots are entwined with hydrangea - it's all coming from one place!

What do I do?!

 

If you dont mind if the sycamore dies i think you could just cut it back as far as possible, in time i think this would kill it without damaging the hydrangea if you kept cutting it back over and over.

 

I agree with Hydro

Spruce

 

De ja vous, 2010 I started to cut back a 12ft Sycamore catching on the phone line, it had self seeded and I did not have a clue how big these grew, spent the next 2 years digging the roots out, this too had a Hydrangea entangled in the roots, do not like cutting tree's down but this was very close to house foundations, I'm sorry if I upset anyone but both of them went, not a fan of Hydrangea, and Sycamore's send me quivering in fear to the nearest corner

 

Fc I believe it'll be because they grow up to 35m and if it's near the house the roots could jeopardise the foundations

 

Sorry fc, I should have made my post clearer, I'm sure they are great tree's when they are in the right place, but mine was about 4ft from the drains and about 8ft from our house, after the first cutting back I saw how much it grew back, also I was told roots can be as big under ground as the canopy is above, this is why I decided it needed to come out.
So sorry if I worried you

 

Away from the house is very good :WINK1:, the thought of having to scale a big tree again at my age just fills me with dread, hence my over reaction of running for the hills.
glad all is clear now

 

If it's not possible to dig out the Sycamore without disturbing your Hydrangea, try cutting the Sycamore off as close to ground level as possible, then use a small paintbrush to treat the freshly cut stump or stumps with Roundup or brushwood killer, being careful not to get any on the leaves of the Hydrangea.
It works best on a freshly cut stump, ideally no more than 2 or 3 days after cutting.