If your yard is heavily shaded, check out the serviceberry tree. Unlike some others on this list, serviceberry does well in full shade. They grow up to 20 feet and bloom white blossoms in spring.

One of our favorite fast-growing shade trees, the hardwood tulip tree can grow more than 2 feet during a year. It has few pest problems, making it an ideal choice for big backyards where there is ...

Typically, shade trees are deciduous to allow the sun to shine on the house during winter when the warmth is welcome. Once you have made a list of the characteristics you want the tree to have ...

These shade plants will add plenty of brightness to your garden because they come in an array of colors. “The leaves can be bronze, blue-green, wine-red, pale green, ...

For the past 30 years I’ve boiled my list of recommended large shade trees for North Central Texas down to seven: live oak, Shumard red oak, Chinquapin oak, bur oak, pecan, ...

Take a look at this list of the crazy things we do with shade trees in North Texas. Too often we plant them in the wrong place and don’t take care of them.

You'd think L.A.'s 'perfect' street tree would be a California native. So why does the city plant so many trees from somewhere else? Plus a list of plant events.

A little shade on your solar panels isn't the end of the world, but you don't want your trees to cover the entire array. Don't be so quick to cut down your trees. Philippe Gerber/Getty Images ...

For the past 30 years I’ve boiled my list of recommended large shade trees for North Central Texas down to seven: live oak, Shumard red oak, Chinquapin oak, bur oak, pecan, ...

We try to do big trees, shade trees, because they're gonna be the most important. So we have white oaks, willow oaks, London planes, American basswood, tulip poplar, ...