In article , Uncle Marvo
writes
In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
. com, I, Marvo, say :

Janet Tweedy wrote:
Though quite why hawthorn should be bad for apple
trees isn't in any book I have.

The only caution is not to plant it near apple or pear orchards, since
it is associated with fireblight disease in these trees.
I've had fireblight in a Pyracantha grown in a small bed by the side of
the front door then trained horizontally under a bay window as the drive
comes up to the wall.
I cut it all back about 8 years ago and it started to grow again after
about 2 years. It's now nearly back to what it was. The other trees
around have not been touched.

janet



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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk