The best thing about planting a fruit tree in a tolerable shady place is you'll get fruit, but not end up with too much fruit to handle! Fruit and shade mix well in zone 9 because you get to dip...
Category: Trees & Shrubs
If you've been wishing for shade but haven't found what's best to plant, a beautiful fast-growing, and long-living tree will not only cast shade but increase your privacy and break strong...
If you have a small yard but still want to enjoy the benefits of shade, you'll need a fast-growing tree with a dense canopy that inherently matures to a small size. I've sat in plenty of small...
With the right plant selection, you can still get good fruit harvests by growing fruit in shadier spaces. In a food forest, fruit trees are primarily found in the "understory" category as they...
Fruiting shade "lovers" are more easily found in the tropics as they have intense sun for a longer time than in cold climates. Many tropical fruits grow in the understory of a tropical forest....
A generally breezy area is beneficial to trees in several ways. Without any wind, there could be too much humidity, a lack of air exchange, and a static brew for disease. What would be worse is not...