C.H.D Exotics
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First if you have not red the previous thread I am making a enclosure for adult Home's Hingeback Tortoises. (Kinixys homeana). I have decided what I am making for the walls of the enclosure. I will be taking 2 in. x 10 in. x 8 ft. boards for the walls, and I will be making the above ground walls 22 in. high, and 8 in. underground. I will be taking 4 x 4 x 6s for the posts and cuting 2 of them in half to making 3 ft long boards. then securing them with quickcrete. Then taking 2 x 4s to make a rail on top. Then take 2 x 2 x 8s and screw them together to make a frame then I will be taking 1 x 1 hardware mesh to make a lid. the enclosures final dimensions will be 8 ft. x 30 in. x 8 ft. Now for my question. What are some good plants to provide good coverage, and shade? I am trying to go for a more sub tropical lowland forest of west Africa look. So I was think some Boston Ferns, plant some hibiscus trees on the outside, maybe some spider plant, or creeping jenny, maybe some hostas or prayer plant? Any types of plants safe for them that might fit the "west African sub tropical lowland forest look"? or tropical swamps, or any other habitat they would be found in?