| There are many types of shade trees which are | | | | or seeds. As a rule, fruit trees are not used as |
| ideal for planting around your home, or on your | | | | shade trees, but planted in groves or orchards for |
| sidewalk. Every variety has its own unique gifts, | | | | the purpose of producing fruit. |
| but to make sure you find the one that suits you | | | | There are many trees that are planted because |
| and your home perfectly, choose carefully. Trees | | | | they produce beautiful flowers, but may not |
| are an ideal way to make your home, your | | | | serve the purpose of shade trees because they |
| street, even your neighborhood more attractive. | | | | do not reach the proper height. Common trees |
| Besides the beautiful ambiance created by a | | | | used as shade trees are: oak, maple, ash, birch, |
| grove of shade trees or a tree lined street, trees | | | | beech, sycamore, larch, linden and chestnut. There |
| provide shade and protect us and our pets from | | | | are some lesser known varieties that also serve |
| the heat and rays of the sun. You will want to | | | | well as shade trees: hackberry,ginko, Chinese |
| choose a tree that will give you pleasure all year | | | | chestnut, katsura, Kentucky coffee and hop |
| long. You can do this be being aware of the color | | | | hornbeam. The type and amount of shade |
| of the tree, its foliage, flowers if any, its bark, | | | | provided by a shade tree can vary greatly. A |
| shape, texture and eventual size. | | | | Norway maple, for example, gives a such a |
| You can find shade trees that will fit perfectly in | | | | heavy shade that grass cannot grow under it. |
| their surroundings by adding the right shape to an | | | | The honey locust and the larch, because of the |
| empty spot, since they can be oval, columnar, | | | | shapes of their leaves, give a light, speckled |
| pyramidal, conical or weeping in shape. You must | | | | shade. If you are looking for shade trees to add |
| look at a tree for each and every one of its | | | | autumn color to your landscape, choose your tree |
| qualities. Important considerations are the rate of | | | | when it is young, and choose it in the fall. This |
| growth, how much shade it provides, colors | | | | way you can see in the sapling the color the |
| throughout the year, hardiness, maintenance | | | | leaves will turn year after year. In order to have |
| requirements and whether you can use herbicides | | | | the most brilliant foliage. remember that you have |
| with it. You also need to make sure your land can | | | | to have cool nights and warm sunny days such as |
| provide the proper soil and aeration conditions and | | | | exist in the New England states. The brighter the |
| that your lot and house is suited for the branching | | | | days in the fall, the more intense the reds and |
| habit of the particular tree. You want to be | | | | purples of the tree colors will be, while a lot of |
| careful not to plant trees that can be easily | | | | cloudy days will result in more orange or yellow |
| damaged by storms, or that produce messy fruit | | | | tones being produced. |