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miamiff

Looking for plant help

9 years ago

I am going to plant some Green island ficus around my palms to make a hedge. My question is what do you think I should plant if anything next to the house? I was thinking about the Green island ficus but it may be too much of one plant. I already have Clusia lining both sides of the fence for privacy.

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    9 years ago
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    I've seen some very leggy crown of thorns. Mine is leafy and bushy with no stalks showing. Those plants were just examples of shape/size/type. You can pick whatever suits you.

    When I was a toddler, I never would have considered playing in a pricker bush. Or eating plants and berries. This is the first thing we learned about the outdoors. It was never a problem.

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