Evergreen Shade Information
Facts
And Deciduous Shade Trees
Deciduous Trees To Grow Under Evergreen
Shade
Other trees that will add interest near or around your taller evergreen shade trees are Dogwoods, which are
deciduous. Many dogwoods have very interesting colored leaves, especially the variegated varieties. Dogwoods are
also sought after for their winter color as their stems can be vivid green, red or yellow and so provide good
visual interest all year round. Another popular flowering tree and tolerant to partial shade, although deciduous,
is the Redbud, also known as the Judas tree. One particularly good specimen is Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy',
which flowers early in the year with beautiful dark pink blooms. There are other very good abundantly flowering
trees that can benefit from some evergreen shade.
Cherry Laurel Tree – Shade
Tree
One is the Cherry Laurel Tree, Laurocerasus Caroliniana Ait. It is
itself is good for evergreen shade and is covered with exceptional fragrant blooming white flower
clusters in March. Cherry Laurel tree is a very fast growing tree, sometimes exceeding growth of 6-feet / 1.83m per
year.
 Eucalyptus Cinerea – Shade
Tree
Eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus Cinerea, is great for evergreen
shade, but the 'Silver Dollar' eucalyptus tree usually is restricted to planting in warmer temperate zones.
Eucalyptus trees are well known for their extraordinary menthol scent emanating from all parts of the tree,
which makes it particularly advantageous where smog and other air pollutants are challenging.
Magnolia Grandiflora – Ideal Evergreen
Shade
The southern magnolia tree, Magnolia Grandiflora, is an exceptional shade tree
known for their enormously wide fragrant white flowers throughout the summer and the lustrous green waxy magnolia
leaves that give dense shade. Because of the dense shade and the mats of succulent roots that rise to the ground
surface, as found in cypress tree roots, hardly any shrubs or perennials can be productively planted and grown
beneath the Magnolia Grandiflora trees.
Do not be confused with the Loblolly Bay tree, Gordonia Lasianthus, which is often referred to as the Loblolly Bay
magnolia tree, and the flower scent, white color, and form look like a tiny flower blossom of the magnolia.
Beautiful Flowering Shade Trees - Black Locust, Robinia
Pseudoacacia
Black Locust, Robinia Pseudoacacia, is a shade tree covered with sweet-scented
white flower clusters just following on from the emergence of the fern-like, light green leaves. The Black Locust
trees leaf color gradually changes to bright yellow in the fall. Its wood has been used as waterproofed split rail
fencing for centuries.
Empress Shade Tree - Paulownia
Tomentosa
The Empress Shade Tree, Paulownia Tomentosa, also known as the Blue Dragon
Tree, and Princess Tree, is a flowering tree that produces colossal blue-purple triangular flower clusters. The
Empress Tree is acknowledged as an exceptionally fast growing shade tree. The wood is valued as very tough and
lightweight and much sought-after in the Far East for furniture manufacture and woodcarving.
Florida Maple Acer Barbatum – Shade
Tree
Maple trees and Oak trees provide numerous species for shade and leaf
transforming color in the fall. The maple leaf color changes from yellow to orange, and red. The Oak tree leaf
color can differ from red, to orange, to yellow-gold, to brown. The Florida Maple, Acer Barbatum, shade tree
changes to a brilliant yellow color in the fall and then goes brown and remains on the tree the majority of the
winter. Although not a true evergreen, the fact it can retain its leaves means it can provide cover just like
evergreen shade.
Drake
Elm Ulmus Parvifolia
American Elm Tree Ulmus Americana
Other significant shade trees are the American Elm Tree,
Ulmus Americana, and the Drake Elm, Ulmus Parvifolia 'Drake,' both coloring turns yellow-gold in the fall. The
Winged Elm Tree has very weird scaly winged growths on its stems and branches that are in high demand by florists
for their ornamental importance in making dried arrangements. Note that these trees cannot be considered suitable
for evergreen shade.
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