I was driving down Grizzly Bluff one day and saw the hedge that I want for our secret garden. I stopped at the house, and found out it was owned by the Silver’s. Kevin Silver is our cat’s vet. I found out that their hedge was escalonia, and it grows fast, which for our purposes is great. So I went back last Saturday and took cuttings, since it was just the right time of year to do so. I started 46 little cuttings, and so far so good. They already look like they’re growing. I plan to nurture them indoors for about 5 more weeks and then transplant them outdoors in 1 gallon buckets. Come spring we’ll plant them in the yard, and try to keep the deer away from them. The deer aren’t supposed to like escalonia, but it seems like when things are small they’ll eat them whether it’s supposed to be deer resistant or not.