10-23-2007, 12:31 PM
I can't help much here, except to say that Ironwood Casuarina equisetifolia shades out most vegetation under it. The needles may make the soil under it acidic, but there may be a way to mix stuff with it to neutralize that. Try asking one of the informed people at Garden Exchange, for starters. You can find out more about them at the HEAR website:
http://www.hear.org/alienspeciesinhawaii...index.html
Having grown up in the Islands going to beaches filled with ironwoods, it is nice how the wind sounds blowing through the needles. The branches and bark are favorite hiding places for centipedes and scorpions.
http://www.hear.org/alienspeciesinhawaii...index.html
Having grown up in the Islands going to beaches filled with ironwoods, it is nice how the wind sounds blowing through the needles. The branches and bark are favorite hiding places for centipedes and scorpions.