"gconn" wrote in message
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I know that this was dated back in 1993... but if someone could answer
this question, that would be great. I am in the same boat here. I would
like to know how to care for this plant. Also if anyone has any advise
on pinching and how that works I would appreciate that as well.

Here in South Florida, arboricola is used by the builders as a hedge. Most
often it's trimmed with power shears. We've got 2 plantings of it. The one
by the driveway I cut with an electric trimmer into a hedge. The other grows
pretty wild and I hand cut with clippers only when it gets too long or
blocks some other plant. They're both very fast growing, drought tolerant
and get a minimal amount of fertilizer.