Given time, the lilac will grow taller and can be pruned to have bare lower stems to allow light to plants below. However, lilac is notorious for suckering and will send up new shoots from its expanding root system, especially if stressed.
Escallonia Apple Blossom will grow over the next 5 to 10 years to a height and width of anything between 1.5 and 2.5m so is best planted 2m away from any other shrub so they both have room to expand - unless it's planted as a hedge in which case it can be closer as it will be kept pruned to shape.
You don't say what rose you have so it's hard to say how much space it will need. Some grow taller than they are wide and some wider than they are tall and some stay compact - assuming it's not a rambler or climber.
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I think the lilac and escallonia are right next to each other in the 2nd pic @Obelixx . Far too crowded for any of them to really do well. You might get away with leaving the escallonia, as they can be kept almost as a climber against fences, and they don't mind being dry, but the lilac will struggle to be anything decent. I don't know about the rose, but it might well struggle too, even with the plentiful rain getting into the ground round here. I'd certainly take the lilac out, before it gets any more established.
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Given time, the lilac will grow taller and can be pruned to have bare lower stems to allow light to plants below. However, lilac is notorious for suckering and will send up new shoots from its expanding root system, especially if stressed.
Escallonia Apple Blossom will grow over the next 5 to 10 years to a height and width of anything between 1.5 and 2.5m so is best planted 2m away from any other shrub so they both have room to expand - unless it's planted as a hedge in which case it can be closer as it will be kept pruned to shape.
You don't say what rose you have so it's hard to say how much space it will need. Some grow taller than they are wide and some wider than they are tall and some stay compact - assuming it's not a rambler or climber.
Far too crowded for any of them to really do well.
You might get away with leaving the escallonia, as they can be kept almost as a climber against fences, and they don't mind being dry, but the lilac will struggle to be anything decent.
I don't know about the rose, but it might well struggle too, even with the plentiful rain getting into the ground round here.
I'd certainly take the lilac out, before it gets any more established.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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