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Any heirloom Hawaiian hedge ideas?

hotzcatz
19 years ago

Are there any Hawaiian "heirloom" type of hedge plants? I'm looking for plants that will be a hedge alongside an old plantation camp house, an old "board & batten" or "12 by 1" house built in 1911 (so nothing too fancy or it won't match the house).

It is full sun, deep soil, lots of water and wind at a 400 foot elevation. I don't want to do a whole bunch of maintenance on it so it should either stay below six feet tall or I'll have to trim it. But it needs to be at least three feet tall to block the wind from my yard plants. The yard is narrow, there, too, so some sort of skinny hedge would be preferable.

It would be nice if it had fruit of some sort and/or nice smelling flowers since it is upwind of the house.

So far, I'm considering surinam cherry clipped into a hedge shape or "yesterday-today & tomorrow", although I haven't seen that made into very many hedges. Possibly rosemary, although it is upwind of the house and that might be too odoriferous. Any good ideas?

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