View Messages

Return to Tree Planting

Planting Shade-tolerant Trees/Shrubs

[Post a Follow Up] [Post to this category]
From: Mary Ann bluett City: st charles, IL
I would like to remove the buckthorn in a wood line in my yard, and plant some additional trees.I have some large trees, so need trees that will grow in shade. Thanks for your help.
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Hi Mary Ann: I would encourage you to consider the following native tall shrubs/small trees: serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.); dogwood (Cornus spp.); eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis); viburnum (Viburnum spp.); ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius); or hazelnut (Corylus americana). You mentioned shade; but I really don't know how much shade you are talking about? Are you underplanting beneath an existing closed-canopy forest or are you simply planting along a woodland edge?
[Post a Follow Up] [Post to this category]