Greetings! I've written about my pesky 20' border with the neighbor that still has Amur honeysuckle and oriental bittersweet. It's just not realistic to remove it now because it's grown into the chain link fence, and we need the fence. . . . So the arborist said we could cut it at 7' and keep it cut at 7' and remove all flowers. We will do that. The question I have is: I'd like to plant an espaliered European pear tree there along that line. May I ask: How close can I plant to these invasives without having undo competition in roots? Could I plant within a foot or two? The pear tree is already at least 6' wide, trained. Second question: I bought a 5' Arnolds Promise on the weekend that looks like it would be great for espalier. It is literally already in a line, as if it had been trained, but without the structure. I'd like to plant this across from the espalier pear, near the 1949 brick house. How close can I get to the house? The hamamelis Arnolds promise has a 1' caliper at the moment and is about 6' tall now. Don't want to harm the foundation, but maybe these roots are fine. Thank you!