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Trees not only add a visual point of interest to a home’s yard and help attract wildlife to a garden or outdoor space, but they also offer much-needed shade on a hot spring or summer’s day. To help you choose the best shade tree for your property, we’ve put together a handy guide to four of the best sun-shading trees, as well as essential growing instructions so you can enjoy them for years to come.
This evergreen fruit tree thrives in tropical climes but will also grow well in warm temperate zones. It grows to about 8-10m tall, but can be kept smaller with regular pruning as part of a regular gardening maintenance schedule. Mango trees can start bearing fruit after three years, but take longer if grown from seed.
For this shade tree, choose a spot in your garden that receives full sun and that has rich, well-drained soil. Feed regularly with a fruit-specific fertiliser.
An impressive deciduous tree with a pyramidal habit, it typically reaches 10-12m high with a 5m spread for lots of glorious shade cover. Relatively slow growing, the black tupelo has glossy green leaves that transform into rich red, orange and yellow hues in autumn.
As for growing conditions, this shade tree is ideal in cool to temperate climates. Plant in full sun and ensure the soil is well drained.
With a compact habit up to 12m tall and 9m wide, this maple is a beautiful specimen tree that makes a true statement in any garden or outdoor space. It has handsome green leaves in spring and summer, providing cooling shade cover from the sun. In autumn, the foliage develops rich lipstick-red to orange tones, which eventually fall to reveal a sculptural silhouette.
Grows best in temperate to cold climes and thrives in a full sun to part-shade position.
This medium-to-large native rainforest tree flowers in summer, producing a spectacular display of fiery wheel-shaped blooms. It can grow up to 30m tall and 10m wide in its native habitat, making it an impressive tree good for shade, but remains smaller in cultivation. An evergreen tree, it can also grow in temperate and cooler climes, tolerating light frosts once established.
Keeping its tropical origins in mind, plant in full sun in rich, well-drained soil.
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