Indian Laurel Ficus ColumnPhoenix's #1 Column Privacy Tree Indian Laurel Fig (Ficus Nitida) Indian Laurel Fig Column (Ficus microcarpa nitida) is the most planted privacy column across the Phoenix Valley. It grows 23 feet per year, holds a lush evergreen canopy year round, and thrives through punishing Arizona summers without flinching. Whether you're screening a block wall in Scottsdale, building a formal privacy hedge in Gilbert, or lining a driveway in Chandler the Indian

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Monsoon storms (Jul-Sep) can drop limbs on young trees

and the thornless stems make it safe along walkways and patios

Combined with its low-water requirements and fast growth

Desert Spoon: a blue-gray architectural rosette that contrasts the fine green foliage

and the spring bloom display is one of the most spectacular of any cactus

Blue Palo Verde grows 3–4 feet per year in Phoenix under normal conditions

It is at the hot edge of its range

Attribute Detail Scientific Name Yucca gloriosa Common Names Spanish Dagger

The mounding form stays neat without pruning

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