Schinus terebinthifolius

Thank you everyone for your 'takes' on Schinus terebinthifolius. I was interested in David's point about the warm wet summers.  We have very dry summers here,  sometimes we have no rains for 5 months.  There is  a walled street edge to part of our property and we planted Ficus nitida some 3 years ago which have been very successful together with Schinus molle and Ceratonia siqulia.  I would have liked to have planted something more indigenous but ...like Arbutus they are so slow.   It will be for privacy as well. 
 
So, I took a risk, bought it and planted it.  The small tree itself is a good shape (one long trunk and a well pruned group of branches on the top. The leaves do have a strong smell a bit like our Pistacio lentiscus.
 
'Invasive' is not a word used too much here except perhaps for plants like Carpobrotus edulis which goes mad and which I have been rather guiltily pulling out until I read Caroline Harbouri's article mentioning how it suppresses other vegetation and the subsequent eradication project of that plant from Pebble Beach in California.
 
I  will let you know in 3 years if we been invaded!
 
Pamela
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