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Indigoberry Randia aculeata
Slightly spiny, pineland shrub, under 10 feet in height; can be kept pruned
at 4'+. Plant in a bed by itself (for a hedge-type effect, without all the
trimming). Or, use some in the native screening along your property lines.
Plant a few in between your stoppers, where they will fill in the gaps that
develop over time.
White star-shaped flowers about an inch
across are exuberantly fragrant for their size.
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Spread by birds, the seeds of indigoberry sprout
throughout its range of South Florida, and much of Tropical America.
They ripen from green to white and are filled with a blue pulp, from which
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Below, is an indigoberry in between a jamaica caper and a
pineland privet. Over time, these three will form an impenetrable
thicket that your neighbors will not want to crawl through.
Below right, indigoberry makes a nice background
companion to classy croton Baron Rothschild. |
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Sizes available are:
Above, 1-gal., about 15" high.
Above right, 7-gal., 3'-4', nice and bushy.
Right, in 20-gal., about 5' high. They use ones
like these as Christmas trees in Puerto Rico. You can put one in a
pot in a prominent spot in your yard, and decorate it when the time
comes. |
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