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Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby bigoak » Mon May 13, 2013 8:36 am

Need a little more afternoon shade for my dog. Don't want an oak that drops acorns and don't really want a bradford pear. I want to try something different. Something that grows fairly fast and spreads out a little. What kind of good shade trees do you have in your yard?
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby kb7722 » Mon May 13, 2013 8:57 am

River Birch are a nice looking tree and grow pretty fast.
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby adame » Mon May 13, 2013 9:10 am

maple, white or green ash,natchez crape myrtle. all i can think of off the top of my head the natchez will prob grow the fastest next to the red maple
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Postby 4dawgma » Mon May 13, 2013 9:12 am

kb7722 wrote:River Birch are a nice looking tree and grow pretty fast.


And drop more limbs and twigs than you'll know what to do with. Try a red maple 'autumn blaze' or bald cypress or Chinese elm.
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby SWAG » Mon May 13, 2013 9:28 am

You can buy sweetgum now that do not produce fruit. Sweetgum has always been a great shade tree except for the dang sweetgum balls. Grows fairly fast, limbs out like you would want a shade tree to do, and has great fall color. Yellow popular or green ash would work well too.
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby fireplug » Mon May 13, 2013 11:52 am

Sycamore.
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby MudHog » Mon May 13, 2013 12:07 pm

4dawgma wrote:Chinese elm.

+100000000000000


Hell come fall when the leaves drop, but this is the fastest growing shade tree I've seen. Good shape and dense top.
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Postby MemphisStockBroker » Mon May 13, 2013 4:41 pm

Silver leaf maple
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Postby cbakerf81 » Mon May 13, 2013 6:50 pm

go with the green ash
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Postby LawDawg » Mon May 13, 2013 8:32 pm

Royal empress tree will get up there quick.
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby adame » Tue May 14, 2013 12:23 am

1 more is a willow
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Postby southernvaughan » Tue May 14, 2013 6:23 am

Royal empress aka bluebell is a super fast grower! They have some pretty flowers on them too after they get a few years old.
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Re: Ask DS - Shade Trees

Postby mlj300 » Wed May 15, 2013 11:59 am

Yellow "tulip" poplar, fast growing, excellent shade, good solid tree. Many of the above mentioned species will give you nothing but trouble down the road.
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Postby landscaper » Wed May 15, 2013 12:01 pm

mlj300 wrote:Yellow "tulip" poplar, fast growing, excellent shade, good solid tree. Many of the above mentioned species will give you nothing but trouble down the road.

What I was gonna say too. A lot of the others are prettier trees, but a tulip poplar is about as fast growing as any I know.
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Postby 4dawgma » Wed May 15, 2013 3:08 pm

Tulip poplar, while pretty, is a soft wooded tree and can be prone to snapping in high winds.
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