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Old 24-06-2011, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Laura Corin View Post
Is there any chance of establishing a rose when the apple tree is mature? Will the roots find any space? The tree is a healthy 3m by 3m. The site is sunny and fairly exposed.

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Plant the rose at the edge of the tree canopy and guide it up in to the tree from there. Make sure you don't plant too vigorous a rose else it will swamp the apple - in my experience, roses tend to grow 50% to 100% more than the label says.
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