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Choosing the Right Trees For Your New Lawn
Trees contribute more to the overall finished and tailored look of your new lawn than perhaps any other part of your landscaping. Many new homes that are on the market, unfortunately, often are absent any great landscaping, including trees- it just isn't in the budget for many new home builders. But the appeal of trees and shrubs really adds to the appearance of the home; curb appeal, after all, is what sells many homes in the first place. If you have just built a home or purchased a home that doesn't have an adequate amount of landscaping in place, now's the time to decide which trees and shrubs you will use in your new lawn and landscaping plans.
Shade Trees
Most landscapers agree that having a shade tree in the yard is important to the overall landscape design; most homeowners look for shade trees in order to have a comfortable spot to lounge outdoors in the summer months. Additionally, strategically placed shade trees can have a big impact on your heating and cooling bills because they can provide ideal shade for your home in the summer while providing a windbreak in the winter months. A tree with large leaves that provides shade can also provide a noise barrier that makes living on busy streets more pleasant. For new home constructions, choosing shade trees that are fast-growing is ideal. The best shade trees (check to be sure they are suitable for your growing zone) are these fast growing varieties: saw tooth oak, red maple, river birch, and Leyland cypress.
Trees for Color or Flowering Trees
Many people choose trees because they produce foliage or flowers of a particularly pleasing color, either during the springtime when everything is in bloom or each autumn, when the leaves "change" colors. One of the best trees for beautiful blooms is the magnolia tree which provides gorgeous "showy" flowers each spring; for earliest blooms, choose a star magnolia tree. Apple trees provide not only attractive (and very fragrant) blooms in the spring, they also bear fruit; allow several years, however, for a mature apple tree to start producing fruit. Dogwood trees are simply spectacular in the springtime and provide unique branching patterns for summer, but in the fall - the colors of the dogwood are amazing; if you're a bird watcher, you'll love the dogwood tree because it attracts a variety of wild birds. For those who want to have beautiful trees that hold their color into the winter, no tree is better than the blue spruce, a "Christmas" classic tree.
Trees for Fruit
While we all would love to have an orchard, space is oftentimes limited in our increasingly small yards. However, you can grow some of your favorite fruit trees and have the satisfaction of fruit in season without the high price tag. Depending upon where you live, you might choose orange trees, grapefruit trees, or other citrus trees in the balmy south. Many regions of the country provide the ideal place for growing apple trees (mentioned above) or pear trees. Keep in mind, however, that with fruit trees come fruit - and bees, wasps, hornets and more who love to feed from fruit that has dropped to the ground. If you have small children or people with allergies to bee stings, fruit trees might not be appropriate for your yard.
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