Help! We just moved in to our new house and it looks like the Great Wall of Ficus that separates our house from its very close-by neighbors' is going to be bad news for our foundation one day. Trouble is that we have a large picture window for the living room on the side, and now we see shiny green leaves, and without the ficus we'll see a fence and then the upper portion of their very close-by house. Not so appealing. The ficus is also shading afternoon sun from this side as well.

What can we replace the ficus with that will provide a narrow screen and some height to hide the neighbor's house?? The Great Wall is only 2 years old, so probably now is the best time to get these guys out before they cause more problems. (or if we keep them pruned back will they not spead their roots so badly?)

Thanks, all!

Jane