Re: hedges for very hot areas
Indeed, it is amazing how hard it can be to envision new uses for
well-known things (plants or otherwise). Carobs do certainly cast very
dense shade, and I bet they'd make a handsome hedge. My only caveat would
be that their roots can really heave pavement! When I was a kid in
Pasadena, California, we had two huge carob trees flanking our paved
driveway. They eventually made hillocks in the pavement that were at least
1/2 meter high. Eventually, the people who then lived in the house cut the
trees down. So, if your planned hedge is going to be near any kind of paved
area, you might want to think twice about using carobs. (Maybe this would
not be a problem with olives? )
Katherine Waser
Tucson, Arizona
At 09:26 AM 1/12/00 +1030, you wrote:
>Carob hedges were planted by the earliest colonists here in the
>1840's and the hedges are still in good order today (...)
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>Trevor Nottle
