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Summer is here, and there’s nothing better than enjoying the outdoors with a bit of natural shade. Advanced deciduous trees can offer cooling shade in summer and serve as stunning garden features.
Planting a shade tree has many benefits, from enhancing garden beauty to providing a spot for picnics, cooling your home, and even offering a habitat for birds and wildlife. Here are some of our favorite shade trees:
This cultivar offers brilliant early autumn color and tolerates poorer soil conditions. With moderate growth, it reaches around 9m x 6m and thrives in sheltered spots away from high winds.
Found in streets, parks, and larger gardens, Pin Oaks provide magnificent orange, red, and scarlet foliage in autumn. They grow to about 20m and offer an impressive shade canopy.
This tree has an open, spreading canopy and enjoys full sun with moist soil. Fast-growing, it reaches 8-10m, providing an excellent shade option.
Often seen in streets and parks, English Oaks create wonderful shade with a canopy that can match their height, reaching around 15-20m.
This shade tree does well in most soil conditions (though not wet or alkaline) and is renowned for its deep wine-colored autumn foliage. It grows to about 12m x 9m.
Popular for its versatility and ornamental appeal, this elm is ideal for windbreaks or shade, growing up to 10m with a weeping form as it ages.
