I had 3 ficus benjamina here when I moved in. One I had to remove to keep it from further destroying the deck and pool. Second had already lifted front sidewalk, which had to be repaired. Third was just merging with a fence and invading the deck drainage pipes. I did plant one new fig, but along the back wall which I don't really care about and the ficus couldn't touch though it tried. And I planted a mulberry, but smack in the middle of my front yard with the most space of any tree I have. Beware the roots of the fig family.