Evergreen Shade Trees And Deciduous Shade Trees
Year Round Shade
Evergreen trees will provide shade year round because they retain their leaves and hence offer the
best and most reliable protection from the sun. Other trees maybe classified as shade
providers even though they shed their leaves, being deciduous. A deciduous tree provides distinct advantages
in a climate that has notable seasonable changes. It maybe desirable to have good shade cover in the hotter
months, but when the weather changes to cold and the trees lose their leaves, they then open up the skies and
allow warmth where there would otherwise be a chill, as in the case of an evergreen blocking the sky and
warming rays of the sun.
Where To Plant Your Shade Trees
Choose your tree well and you get the best of all worlds with shade and sun to suit the seasons and with a little
more research, get a tree or trees that provide a spectacular flowering season. Give plenty of thought and due
consideration when planting your trees as they may have an unexpected or undesirable impact on other plants growing
nearby or alter change the way you use the land around them. You may enjoy the shade from a tree, but smaller
plants maybe intolerant to that shade and you may not be able to continue growing some of your summer
favorites.
Watering and
Draught
Also, will you be able to provide sufficient water for your trees, if not, any
grass struggling to grow in the shade will find things even more difficult with too little water. Although the
grass will likely recover later, it will look very unsightly during the hotter months. That said, shade and drought
brought on by the trees themselves would also affect all other growing plants in the vicinity of your those
trees.
Shade Trees In Winter – Maybe Not Such A Good
Idea
Also consider the impact of shade evergreen trees in winter. If too close to your
home, they will not allow the house to get the full benefit of the warming sun. Shade in winter makes your outlook
gloomy and shadows cast over a family room make it feel dark, cold and depressive even on the brightest of days.
You may need more heating and turn on lights during the day, so your energy bill rises.
Snow and ice that would otherwise melt had the trees not been there, increase the likelihood of an accident. You
will have to do more work out in the cold keeping your paths and drive safe on your property.
Evergreen Shade Trees All Year Round
Should you live in an area where you may have sun all year round such as the U.S. southern-most states, you may
like the idea of having living shade all year round. Evergreen shade trees recognized as providing suitable shading
in such areas are Laurel Oak tree, Quercus laurifolia; Live Oak tree, Quercus virginiana; and the Darlington Oak
tree, Quercus hemisphaerica. You may also want to consider other valuable shade trees such as the Pine and
other evergreen coniferous trees.
What To Grow In The Shade Of Shade Trees
Some shrubs love the shade and will grow well in the shade of larger trees, in fact they prefer such an environment
that provides year round shade. Such shrubs will easily fill in areas under your evergreen trees where nothing else
will grow. They will add interest, give balance and look good. You will want flowering shrubs to show things off to
their best and you could not do better than Azaleas and Camellia Japonica.
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