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Eugenia foetida (Spanish Stopper)


The smooth, brown to grey, mottled bark and tight canopy of fine-textured leaves makes Spanish Stopper well suited for planting as a specimen in any yard.  Old bark exfoliates showing fresh, smooth orange bark below.  It is commonly used as a hedge due to the small leaves and branchiness.  Trees can be trained in the nursery to one central trunk or allowed and encouraged to develop multiple trunks.  They create shade for a patio or deck, but will not grow to the large, often overpowering size of a large tree such as a Fig.  They are often used along streets, in highway medians and in parking lots because they adapt to small soil spaces and do not become very large.  Street and parking lot trees are often specified to have one trunk to allow for vehicle clearance beneath the crown.  Multiple trunked trees are often specified for specimen planting so the beautiful bark can be displayed. 

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