Indian Laurel Columns

Ficus nitida columns

Can be used as a Hollywood Hedge^®
Fast-growing evergreen tree
Low-maintenance and loves full sun
A Ficus nitida hedge provides excellent privacy
Can act as a fantastic natural wind and sound barrier

Full Sun

Hardiness Zones:

9 - 12

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Indian Laurel Columns are the best trees to create your own Hollywood Style Hedge^®! The Ficus nitida is an evergreen native to regions in Asia and Hawaii and is one of the most adaptable and versatile trees available. Indian Laurels have grown immensely popular in the Southwestern and Coastal United States because of their ability to grow in almost any environment and climate.

Indian Laurels prefer to be planted in full-sun environments where they can get plenty of heat. These are fast-growing evergreen trees with glossy, dark-green leaves that form a dense canopy. Ficus nitida trees are prized amongst homeowners for this thick foliage due to their versatility. Because of the full and easy-to-shape foliage, these are some of the best shade trees, focal-point trees, street trees, and hedges. In almost every landscape application, Indian Laurels are the best choice.

Our Ficus columns are a single-trunk, columnar variety perfect for use as privacy hedges, windscreens, or sound barriers. They are remarkably clean, low-maintenance trees with very little pruning required to keep their uniform shape. We love to plant them in any landscape that could benefit from its generous shade and privacy. If you’ve been wanting to reclaim the solitude of your home and yard, a Hollywood Hedge^® made of Indian Laurel Columns is the best way to achieve complete privacy!

The Ficus nitida fits well with any landscape theme and looks fantastic planted with palms, evergreens, flowering trees, and plants, or any other vines, shrubs, ground covers, or topiaries. These trees have a fast growth rate, so you won't be waiting long for them to add shade and privacy to your landscape. Plus, Moon Valley Nurseries grows our own special strain, selected from our perfect mother trees, to ensure you are getting the best Indian Laurels possible!

Caring for your Ficus trees is a piece of cake! Newly planted trees prefer moderate watering and, once established, these drought-tolerant trees keep their lush, green look even in the most water-wise landscapes! We recommend using our Super Charged Moon Juice^® monthly to maximize the health, appearance, and hardiness of your Indian Laurels. You can feed your Ficus with a nutrient-rich all-purpose fertilizer, such as our Moon Dust^®, once a month during the spring and fall. Trimming and pruning should be done primarily to shape your tree to taste. Because these Laurel trees have very uniform and manageable canopies, trimming and pruning will rarely be needed.

Learn more about how to care for your Ficus trees in our care guides here! Shade, privacy, beauty - this sub-tropical tree has got it all and then some! Of course, if you want to bring instant natural maturity to your site today, we recommend buying as big as you can, and at Moon Valley Nurseries we have thousands of specimen-sized Ficus columns available right now!

We have a large selection of our Indian Laurel Columns for sale. Come check out our selection today and feel free to ask our nursery pros any questions you may have about caring for your Indian Laurels, or any other trees and plants in your yard. We’re always happy to help!
At Moon Valley Nurseries, we grow all our trees, palms, and plants in our local area to ensure that when you plant with us your landscape is ready to grow beautifully for many years to come. Not to mention we offer free planting on all our box trees! Our professional landscape designers and planting teams are ready to make your dream yard a reality, and you get to pick your exact trees and plants from our massive inventory. From our farms to your yard, no one does it better!™ *Please check your local Moon Valley Nurseries for availability*

Reviews

Dan

"Looking for a larger established hedge for the High Desert (Apple Valley) with full direct all-day, this is your tree!"

Rich R

"Moon offers the best product at the best prices when you compare the value of service received. Purchased 16 trees. Not my first purchase; my Burgundy Plum tree grew to a tall beauty beyond belief! Dallin took the time to carefully help select each tree and comparing species, explaining each one. John did excellent in specifically placing and planting each tree with his hard working team.. Thank you! Patrick supported the whole team! Top down professional outfit! Thank you for making our home special."

Jeff Leimier

"I bought a privacy hedge and immediately fell in love with Moon Valley, They came out and professionally planted my trees that I got to hand pick! I didn't have to worry about a thing as it came with a free warranty. As soon as my trees were planted, they started to explode in growth and starting exceeding my expectations. I wouldn't want any other trees from anyone else. 10/10 "

Vegan013

"Moon Valley Nurseries planted my Indian Laurel Columns and they look great! Already spreading out and filling in. They will be a lovely hedge. "

J & K

"Triston at the Carmel Valley store was super helpful in helping us pick our trees out for our home in Coronado. He was always available to answer follow up questions as well and the planting crew he sent were very careful and conscientious and did an excellent job!"

Fred and Barbara

"Our home in Santa Cruz was built in 1885. In the early 2000's it was restored. We added Victorian gardens to honor house, but we needed privacy, as we live on a fairly busy street. Taking out our front lawns (good for conservation), we installed 40 Indian Laurel columns. This literally transformed the front yard space into a lovely, private, and somewhat mysterious entry to our home and gardens. Great work by MVN with regard to installation."

phatmeda

"This is a no-brainer choice for hedges meant to contain the visual boundaries of your own world, and keep the neighbor's world out. I have several houses, and use it in each for different challenges. Some I keep at 10 feet, but at one location I called in the Ficus brigade to help with a neighbor who built a 3 story house right on top of me, over looking my pool and garden and peering over my house. Imagine...Well, up went the ficus and 3 years later there is absolutely no evidence of this monster next to us. It's a full, thick continuous 50 foot hedge. However, keep in mind that the taller they go, the bigger the roots."

Geno in Old Las Palmas

"We purchased a home 2 years ago in Palm Springs, and the previous owners had removed the hedge. We purchased 130 Large Ficus, 14 fruit trees, and 6 large olive tress from Moon Valley Nursery in Cochella and couldn't be happier. We had Moon Valley plant everything, and when we had an issue with a few trees some months later, Moon Valley came a switched them out for us. Our trees and hedge look amazing! The hedge is 10' tall and looks as if its been there a decade! Finally, I would also highly recommend their Moon Juice & Moon Green fertilizers. We had some existing tress and hedges that looked beat up and yellowed, and after using their fertilizer, they seemed to almost immediately look healthier and grow taller and thicker, so much so that even our gardener who had been working our property for years before we purchased it was shocked and asked "what are you feeding all the trees?""

Nick

"Their Escondido location had the best selection I've ever seen! Very friendly, super helpful and most importantly they actually cared! The crew did a flawless job moving such large trees and I could not be happier with the entire project. Five stars!!!"

Carol D

"I own an apartment complex and needed to create a sound barrier and privacy screen for my residents. We planted nearly 300 of these trees over the last two years and have gotten nothing but compliments from our residents. This blocks so much road noise, creates such a beautiful privacy screen and actually has done a great job of keeping the dust down. I highly recommend these for anyone wanting shade or privacy. "