In spring, we greedily soak up every ray of sunshine. However, a few months will pass, and we will long for the cold again.Umbrellas, awnings, screens will be searched again, in other words, anything that gives a bit of shade.
The most important element shading the garden were and will be trees. There is a specific microclimate under their crowns.It was measured that on hot days the temperature there may be 10 ° C lower than in the open area.Choose shade trees for the garden, taking into account the shape and range of the crown.
Tree plants with columnar or slender pyramidal crowns should be grown only in groups, only then will sufficient shade be obtained. Besides, never too much green - people become calmer and he althier around trees.In addition, trees clean the air and produce oxygen.
In modern, medium-sized home gardens, trees with a spherical crown are the most suitable, e.g. Norway maple Acer platanoides 'Globosum' and field maple A. campestre 'Nanum', Catalpa bignonioides 'Nana', Prunus cherry x eminens 'Umbraculifera', white robinia Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera'.
Some trees have a model silhouette, ideally suited for shading. Crataegus crusgalli spur hawthorn, Prunus serrulata 'Shirofugen' white cherry and Ulmus glabra mountain elm.They all maintain an umbrella-like habit without forming pruning.
Care and maintenance of umbrella trees
The place for growing umbrella trees should be on the south or south-west side of the planned resting place. Only then will we be sure that the sun will not reach us in the greatest heat in the early afternoon.But we will be able to see both its sunrise and sunset. Roof trees are a special type of shading plants.
They have a characteristic, flat, horizontal crown obtained as a result of many years of pruning and leading the shoots.A plane tree is perfect for such shaping.Cut the main shoot and lead the side shoots. We cut in August and then in February.
