Shade Trees, Flowering Trees, And Evergreen Trees For Landscape Specimen Growing:

Shade trees do not all necessarily shed their les in the fall (deciduous), but some shade trees everen, and oth be classified as flowering trees. The fact that shade trees cool temperatu in the surroing landscape and cool off hos during the heat of the summer is well kn. Some everen trees also vide shade all y, a factor that may be esirable in some cases during hard winter freezes, when an everen shade tree may block off the heat rays from the sun that mi melt snow and ice from a ho roof or vent in-red li from warming rooms inside the ho. Extreme southern states home in the United States may fer shade on homes and buildings y ro, and such everen shade trees as Live Oak tree, Quercus virgina; Laurel Oak tree, Quercus laurifa; and Darlington Oak trees,Quercus hemisphaerica, would be desirable for planting n hos.

Pine trees also valuable shade trees for hos and landscape gars. Such perennial shrubs as Camellia japonica and azalea shrubs must have y ro shade for per flowering. The camellia shrub and the azalea plant w survive only on r occasions if planted in the full sun. The dogwood and redbud trees benefit from pine tree shade where they flower abantly. The cherry laurel tree, Laurocerasus carna Ait, is an everen shade tree that is covered with grant white flower clust in March. The cherry laurel tree is a f growing tree, sometimes growing 6 feet per y. Eucalyptus trees, Eucalyptus cinerea, everen shade trees, but the 'Silver Dol' eucalyptus tree usually is limited to planting in the warm temperatu of zones 8-11. The exceptional menthol grance of all parts of the eucalyptus tree makes it especially desirable where smog and other air pollution is blematic. The loblolly bay tree, Gordonia lasthus, is often called the loblolly bay magna tree, and the flower grance, white cr, and form look like a miniature flower bloom of the magna.

The southern magna tree, Magna grandiflora, is an outstanding shade tree kn for the gigantic 1 foot wide grant white flow during the summer and the glowing en waxy magna les that vide se shade. Beca of the se shade and the mats of succulent roots that rise to the gro surface (like cyps tree roots), few shrubs or perennials be successfully planted and gr erneath the Magna grandiflora trees. Other shade trees that could also qualify as beautiful flowering trees black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia, shade trees that covered with grant white flower clust--just following the appance of the fern-like, li en les. The black locust trees leaf cr ches to yellow in the fall, and the wood has been d as waterofed split-rail fencing for centuries. The emps shade tree, Paulia tomentosa, (Blue Dragon Tree, also Princess Tree) is also a flowering tree that duces gigantic blue-purple flower clust trgu in shape. The emps tree is kn as an extremely f growing shade tree that has been moted by former Pit Jimmy Carter. The wood is valued as very strong and li wei; desirable in the Far E for fiture manufacture and wood carving.

The gol raintree, Koelreuteria paniculata, is an important shade tree, that in late spring is covered with ge clust of yellow-gold drooping flow that t into attractive pink seed pods in the fall. The oriental look of the gol raintree makes it choice to grow as a specimen tree in gar landscapes. The red Florida buckeye, Aesculus pavia, shade tree grows f into small shade trees that flower brtly red in late spring followed by the "good luck" buckeye seed. The thornless honeylocust, Gleditsia trithus inermis, shade tree has become one of America's top choice flowering trees that also functions as a fern-like leafy cover to mildly shade gar as. The thornless honeylocust tree flow in various cred blooms, grant white, pink, or lavender, depending on the cultivar. The brt yellow-gold cr of the fall leaf che w stun your neighbors. The tulip pop, Liriodron tulipifera, shade tree is famous beca of the flow, as well as for the shade benefit. The tulip pop flower is yellow-ore, and shaped like a tulip or a small teacup. The les of the tulip pop tree t brt yellow in the fall, an important tree for fall cr. The beech tree, Fagus grandiflora, is a at shade tree that duces nuts that wildlife sto up for winter meals. This very ge growing shade tree has a leaf cr che in the fall, but after the first freeze, the beech les t tan-br and remain on the tree like an everen tree until the new beech les app in the spring. The beech tree leaf behavior is very bizarre.

Maple trees and Oak trees offer many species for shade and leaf che cr in the fall. The maple leaf cr che to yellow, ore, and red. The Oak tree leaf cr vary from red, to ore, to yellow-gold, to br. The Florida maple, Acer barbatum, shade tree ts a brt yellow cr in the fall and then ts br and remains on the tree most of the winter. Other important shade trees the Ameri elm tree, Ulmus ameria, and the drake elm, Ulmus parvifa 'Drake,' both cring yellow-gold in the fall. The wid elm tree has stre scaly wid growths on stems and branches that in demand by florists for their ornamental value in making dried arrements.

The Chinese elm tree, Ulmus parvifa, is kn for its f growth to vide quick shade. The Chinese elm is one of the easiest shade trees to transplant and grow over 6 feet in one y if cd for perly. The Ameri Hophornbeam, Carpinus carna, is an er-planted shade tree that, during the fall leaf che, glows ly in yellow-gold crs. The bald cyps tree, Taxodium distichum, is an excellent clean shade tree widely adapted to grow well on a variety of soil types. The bald cyps les do t yellow efly in the fall, but the bald cyps small leaf size requi no raking. The pond cyps shade tree, Taxodium ascens, is a at tree to grow aro pond-hos and wetland gars, but should not normally be gr in well drained locations. The pond cyps roots rise from the water, swollen and ge and called cyps knees.

The black gum shade tree, Nyssa sylvatica, grows well in wetlands and the shade is beneficial to many aquatic plants. The water tupelo (tupelo gum, also sour gum) shade tree grows aquatically in many lowland wet sites. The les of the black gum and the water tupelo shade trees t yellow-gold and ore in the fall. The Chinese parasol tree, Firma simplex, forms an umbrella (parasol) opy with ge bat-shaped les that t brt yellow, then ore, in the fall.

The catalpa tree (fishbait tree), Catalpa bignonioides, has been d for centuries as a shade tree that attracts worms (fishbait) to be d in fishing. The Chinese tallow tree, Sapium sebiferum, is a f growing small shade tree that duces a kaleidescope of crs on les in the fall of yellow, red, ore, blue, and purple. The Chinese tallow tree duces seedpods in the fall that look like popcorn after the les fall off, thus it is called the popcorn tree. The corkscrew wow, Salix matsudana "Tortuosa," and the weeping wow, Salix babylonica, grow f into shade trees with distinctive lin les that t yellow in the fall. The Ginkgo shade tree, Ginkgo biloba, is one of the most famous of the shade and its brt yellow-gold les that remain on the tree for a week or more when they fall to form a yellow circle erneath the barren limbs. The ginkgo les have been fo fossilized in the Oriental archaegical excavations. The en ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata, is a f growing shade tree ful as a landscape specimen. The lombardy pop tree, Populus nigra, is a f growing tree, upri in form that is planted as hedges and windbreaks in the Western United States.

The river birch tree, Betula nigra, is a beautiful landscape tree with unique flaking bark that is replaced by slick bark in the spring. The river birch be planted as a single trunk specimen or as a clump. The sassas shade tree, Sassas albidum, grows grant parts including the flower, bark, and the roots that were d during the civil war to make sassas tea that duced a narcotic effect on woed southern. The Sourwood tree, Oxydrum arboreum, and the sweetgum shade trees, Liquidambar styraciflua, both duce spectacu leaf cr in the fall, both the sourwood and the sweetgum trees t yellow, ore, and red in ssing stages. The sycamore tree, Platanus occitalis, is perhaps one of the best trees for f shade. Sycamore trees grow to 2 feet in diameter & 50 feet tall in 20 ys.

Bamboo trees and bamboo plants have been d as shade trees, privacy hedges, and bord. Bamboo plants grow rapidly and 40-50 feet (Timber Bamboo) and ful as windbreaks as well as shade screens for privacy that cover 180 dee focd li rays. Annual flower beds often planted in front of bamboo tree screens for partial shade, and many shrubs and bushes grow well when placed in front of bamboo tree screens, if the bamboo plants the clumping type.

Shade trees have been d through the ages to shade landscapes, homes, buildings, or as shelter and food for wildlife. Some shade trees offer extra benefits such as beautiful flow or everen fage. Other shade trees b fruit, such as mulberry trees, apple trees, p trees, and the everen loquat tree. St other shade trees b valuable ty nuts, such as pe trees, walnut trees, and chestnut trees. Other than the shade benefit, leaf cr of the fall cong off period, makes the planting and growing of shade trees a pleasurable and worthwhile effort.