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Hi, I'm new to this forum, hope you all can help me out.
Recently I bought a house, and the deck attached to the house has wax myrtles planted beside the deck. The deck is about 4 feet off the ground, and the railing is 7 feet from the ground. I like the privacy the wax myrtles have created so far this summer, but fear that they will become more tree-like and get out of hand.
Does anyone have any suggestions of a plant that could replace these wax myrtles to provide some privacy, but won't grow 20ft tall?
PS. The soil here consists of mostly red clay and rocks.
Plants: 1 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Sep 2005
| Seeded: 24.28.252.206
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To answer the question per wax myrtle...They can be trimmed back & will grow more bushier. You can hack it off at the base & it will sprout back out. We have them growing wild here, but I noticed that subdivisions are planting them, also hotels have them around the swimming pools.
The biggest thing that this is also called "Flea Bush" it expells fleas.
Plants: 36 | From: South Louisiana | Registered: Nov 2005
| Seeded: 71.8.100.102
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