Any opinions about this? When looking up Pruning a Climber on this forum, I read that the top growth of a climber has an equal bottom root growth, so give it plenty of space. I've noticed that the bushes planted in close proximity to some of the climbers in the Garden where I volunteer, the bushes directly next to the climbers have either died, in the case of Cl. Cecile Brunner, and a couple of others have either spaces where bushes have died, or there are a couple not thriving. So what has been your experience? And how much room should a climber be given as far as planting other bushes nearby?
