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Alternative plants Alternative plants to ficusto ficus
Henry MayerHenry Mayer
Miami-Dade Cooperative ExtensionMiami-Dade Cooperative ExtensionNovember 14, 2007November 14, 2007
http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.eduhttp://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu
Whitefly damage
Whitefly damage
Factors
• What is the objective of the hedge?• Height and width• Full sun or partial shade• Flowers and color or evergreen• Budget for installation and maintenance• Soil characteristics: pH, moisture, OM• One plant or a hedge design• Others
Hedge height
Shade
Color
Why do you want a ficus hedge?
• Fast growing• Cheap ($2.00/3g)• Low maintenance ?• Easy to find (400
NSY)• Popular
Right plant in the right place!
• Check your soil • Visit Fairchild or
other• Ask the Extension
Service• Look in books,
website, etc.
Plumbago
• Blue and white flowers• 3g / $4.00• Full sun or part shade• Common pruned height:
4’-6’• Tolerates moderate
drought• Moderate salt tolerance• Attract wildlife
Areca Palm
• 3g/$6.00• Low maintenance?• Partial shade• Drought tolerant• Salt tolerant: none• K deficiency
Silver buttonwood
• 3g/$4.00• Native• Full sun• Common pruned height:
4’-7’ or taller• High salt and drought
tolerant• Tolerates poor drainage• Sooty mold could be
present
Schefflera arboricola ‘Gold Capella’
• 3g/ $4.00• Full sun to partial
shade• Moderate draught
tolerance• Compact hedge• Salt tolerance?
Schefflera arboricola ‘Trinette’
• 3g / $4.00• Smaller than the first
one• Drought tolerant• Full sun or partial
shade
Schefflera arboricola
• Tolerate more shade• Mature size: 8’ – 15’• Tolerate poor
drainage• Full sun or partial
shade• Drought tolerant
Oleander
• 3g / $5.00• Plant is poisonous• Flowers: pink, white,
red, salmon, etc• Salt and drought
tolerant • Full sun and partial
shade• Caterpillars, witches'
broom
Jatropha
• 3g/$4.00• Salt tolerance:
moderate• Drought tolerance:
moderate• Mature size: 10’-15’• Attract wildlife
Dracaena
• 3g/ $4.00• Drought tolerance:
high• Salt tolerance:
medium• Full sun and partial
shade
Croton
• Many cultivars like ‘Petra’, ‘Mammey’, ‘Norma’, ‘Gold Dust’, etc.
• Foliage with colors• Full sun or partial shade• Drought tolerant• Salt tolerant: moderate• Attract wildlife• Mature size: 3-8 feet
Surinam cherry
• 3g/ $4.00• Full sun or partial
shade• Salt and water
tolerance: moderate• Mature size: 8-20 feet• Formal hedge
Bamboo
• 1,600 varieties• 7g/$50.00• Full sun to full shade• Resists cold• Needs water• Rapid establishment
Firebush
• 3g / $4.00• Full sun to full shade• Tolerates poor
drainage• Attracts wildlife• Native• Drought tolerance:
moderate• Salt tolerance: none
Shrimp plant
• 3g / $4.00• Full sun to full shade• Attracts wildlife• Salt tolerance: none• Drought tolerance:
moderate• Red color flowers
Acalypha
Many cultivars with colors
Mature size 8-12 feet
Tolerates poor drainage
Full sun or partial shade
Salt tolerance: medium
3g / $5.00
Pruning
Chenille plant
• 3g / $5.00• Full sun or partial
shade• Salt and drought
tolerance: medium• Mature size: 6 – 10
feet
Podocarpus
• 3g / $6.00• Drought and salt
tolerance: high• Full sun or partial
shade• Mature size:30-40
feet • Formal hedge
Ligustrum
• 3g / $5.00• Salt tolerance: high• Full sun or partial
shade• Mature size: 8- 12
feet• Drought tolerance:
medium
Cocoplum
• 3g / $4.00• Drought and salt
tolerance: high• Native• Full sun or partial
shade• Mature size: 10-*20
feet
Viburnum
• 3g/$4.00• Drought tolerance:
high• Full sun or partial
shade• Mature size: 20-30
feet• Salt tolerance: low
Questions??