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Best Trees to Plant - 15 Options for the Backyard

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Trees add much-needed shade, privacy, color, and value to your backyard. Check out this list of longstanding favorites that you can easily incorporate into your lawn design for stunning results.

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Dogwood

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A dogwood tree brings beauty and interest to your backyard all year long. It flowers during spring in a profusion of white, pink, and red blossoms, and then features a lush and compact canopy of foliage in the summer. Most varieties display red foliage in the fall before dropping leaves to show off attractive branching in the winter. There’s a variety for most any zone in the United States, making it no surprise that dogwood is one of the most popular flowering trees in America.

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Saucer Magnolia

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Emblazoned with pinkish-purple, saucer-shaped flowers in the early spring, saucer magnolia is a backyard showstopper. Growing 20 to 30 feet tall and thriving in Zones 4 through 9, it’s an ornamental that's suitable for almost any yard.

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Sugar Maple

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If you’re looking to add fall interest and color to your backyard, sugar maple is a great selection. Growing 60 to 75 feet tall, the sugar maple boasts a spreading canopy that puts on a vibrant show in autumn. Considered both a shade and an ornamental tree, it’s no wonder this is an American favorite for the yard.

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Silver Maple

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In as little as five years, the silver maple tree will transform your backyard into a shady retreat. The silver undersides of its leaves not only give the silver maple its name, but also lend the tree a shimmering silver appearance in the breeze. It has a vast root system and large trunk, so be mindful to plant it away from sewer lines and walkways.

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'Green Giant' Arborvitae

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Backyard privacy is important in so many places, but it's especially crucial between houses and yards in housing subdivisions. 'Green Giant' arborvitae has become a popular privacy screen for plenty of reasons: A fast-growing evergreen, it is exceptionally hardy, tolerates almost any soil, and has a beautiful conical shape. It’s great for a hedge, a screen, or as a single specimen in the backyard.

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Weeping Cherry

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Few trees are as romantic and elegant as the weeping cherry. With cascading branches festooned with white or pink blossoms in spring, this graceful tree will quickly become the highlight of any backyard. Growing 20 to 30 feet tall, with a 20- to 25-foot spread, it’s small enough to fit almost anywhere.

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Red Oak

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The red oak gets its name from the brilliant leaf color it shows off in the fall. Popular for both its hardiness and beauty, it’s also a fast grower—reaching up to 75 feet tall in maturity—with a rounded canopy. For larger backyards requiring shade, red oak is an excellent choice.

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American Holly

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Whether you’re looking to provide evergreen privacy for your yard or enhance your property with a singular ornamental stunner, American holly delivers. Small, white springtime blooms give way to red berries (actually drupes) in the fall, which remain throughout winter. Holly offers both visual interest and food for wildlife, attracting birds and other small creatures to your yard.

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Eastern Redbud

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One of the first signs of spring is the brilliant purplish-pink flowering of the eastern redbud, but its branching pattern makes this tree just as beautiful in winter as it is the rest of the year. Growing 20 to 30 feet high, with a 30-foot spread, the eastern redbud will make a dramatic display in any backyard.

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Tulip Tree

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The tulip tree, liriodendron tulipifera, does double duty as a shade tree and an ornamental. It is bursting with tulip-shaped flowers in springtime and flaunts brilliant yellow leaves in the fall. A fast-growing hardwood, the tulip tree can grow more than two feet in a year. It is has few pest problems and can be grown in Zones 4 through 9, making it an ideal choice for backyards throughout the country, providing they can handle its height.

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Paper Birch

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If you are looking for a tree that will quickly make an impression, consider the paper birch. The tall and lean tree is a fast grower that can reach up to 60-feet tall. Its green leaves turn golden yellow in the fall, which creates a contrast with its white peeling bark. Native to northern North America, the paper birch can be grown in zones 2 through 7.

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Crabapple

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You can enjoy the colors of a crabapple tree practically year round. In spring, flowers bloom in shades of white, pink, or red depending on the variety. At the end of summer you will notice the small apples fruiting, which last into winter even after the vibrant red and orange leaves fall off the tree. Grow it in Zones 4 through 8 in full sun with well-drained soil for a dense tree.

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Fringe Tree

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Suitable in hardiness zones 3 through 9, the fringe tree can grow in most of the United States. It makes a showy appearance in early spring with its feathery white flowers, hence its name. While delicate looking, the fringe tree is tolerant to pollution which makes it a great pick if you live in a city or high-traffic area. You can expect the tree to grow 12 to 20 feet tall and wide.

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Washington Hawthorn

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If you want to attract birds and butterflies to your yard, consider planting a Washington hawthorn. This smaller deciduous tree—it grows no taller or wider than 30 feet—has fragrant flowers in the spring and small red fruit from summer through winter that draw in the wildlife. It also offers gorgeous foliage in the fall. 

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Serviceberry

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Serviceberry, or shadbush, is a small native tree that looks great in a landscape for every season. Tolerant to most conditions, this can be grown in zones 2 through 9. This will be one of the first trees in your yard to flower in early spring, and then fruit berries in summer. In the fall you'll get to enjoy bright red and orange leaves. 

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A Tree Grows Indoors

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Love the look of these stunning trees? While they’re obviously too large to bring inside, there are plenty of trees that are small and easy to grow in your house.

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Best backyard trees: 10 choices for yards big or small

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When selecting the best backyard trees, it is important to choose trees that provide an elegant shape and attractive leaves with, if possible, beautiful flowers or fruits or fall foliage. Your trees are going to be part of your life every day, for many years, so it is important to choose the right variety and plant it in the right place.

Large trees that will soon tower over your house are best avoided, but some varieties develop a tree-like form and still remain quite small. Trees with aggressive roots, such as willows and poplars, are best avoided while some trees have spines or thorns which can give young and tender fingers a nasty surprise.

Varieties with upright growth are generally preferable to trees with more spreading growth, especially if you like to enjoy a lawn, as lawns are difficult to keep looking good in overhead shade from trees, especially evergreen trees. On the other hand, trees that cast cool shade in summer are also valuable if you enjoy relaxing and entertaining outside.

Backyard trees can be expensive, but try to buy the largest available specimen so that it matures before you leave the property for a new home.

Introduce a striking feature to your plot with the best backyard trees

When thinking about your choice of best backyard trees, one of the first questions you'll need to answer is whether you want a deciduous or evergreen variety. 

Deciduous trees have the advantage of changing with the seasons, and many have attractive flowers, fruits or fall foliage color. Clearing their leaves in fall can be a chore, but do not think that evergreens never drop their leaves. Leafdrop is simply less noticeable as it happens over a longer period and it can sometimes seem as if evergreens hardly change at all through the year.

If you need to screen a nearby eyesore then an evergreen tree is an obvious choice but even a deciduous tree, although without leaves in winter, can interrupt an ugly view so that it’s always the tree that you notice.  

Take your pick from our favorite options. 

1. Maple (Acer palmatum)

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As one of the best trees for small gardens, this small, rather spreading, deciduous tree is ideal for foliage color in less-than-large backyards. Its leaves are sharply divided into five or seven points, or, in some varieties, repeatedly split into slender lacy segments. In spring and summer the foliage is green, purplish red or yellow then the fiery fall foliage color can be spectacular.

There are many different varieties maturing to a range of heights, but look for ‘Bloodgood’, with crimson leaves in spring and summer followed by fiery red fall color, and also ‘Sango-kaku’, with coral bark and green leaves turning canary yellow.

Best in lime-free soil that is consistently moist but never waterlogged, and in a site that is not exposed to chilly winds. 

There's more tips on how to grow acers in our dedicated guide. 

2. Birch (Betula)

River birch (Betula nigra)

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Birches are invaluable backyard trees. They make elegant specimens, even in winter when their deciduous leaves have fallen and, before they drop, the leaves turn bright yellow. 

The bark is often a bright white in color or pinkish or even orange and may peel away prettily. There are also yellow catkins in spring. Birches cast light shade so many plants can be grown beneath them.

Happy on most soils except chalk, the American native river birch, Betula nigra, is the one to grow in damp conditions, look for the variety Heritage (‘Cully’). In drier gardens look for one of the many varieties of Betula pendula, especially the weeping ‘Tristis’.

3. Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

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A small, multi-stemmed, native deciduous tree maturing into a rounded specimen, the eastern redbud is unusual in developing its colorful, pink pea-like flowers on the trunk and on large branches as well as at the shoot tips. 

The bright buds stud the branches for weeks before opening and in fall the flowers mature to flat pods. The leaves are heart-shaped, and slightly bluish green in color turning yellowish in fall.

There are some special varieties grown for their colorful leaves and these include ‘Forest Pansy’, with deep, reddish purple foliage. Lavender Twist (‘Covey)’, is a neat, weeping variety. Eastern redbud is the state tree of Oklahoma.

4. Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)

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If you're searching for the best trees for privacy, the evergreen Lawson cypress is a very variable evergreen tree. Native to the west coast, where it can develop into pencil-shaped specimens up to 200ft (60m) tall, the many varieties now available come in a large number of shapes and sizes from small, rounded buns to tall and stately spires. It is important to check descriptions and tags to be sure that the variety you choose does the job you need.

The dense, sometimes slightly prickly, sprays of foliage are usually green but may also come in grey, bluish, yellow and golden tones and even variegated.

‘Elwoodii’ is slow growing, its green columns turning bluish in winter. In ‘Ellwood’s Gold’, the tips of the leaves are golden yellow.

Easy in moist but well-drained soils, in sun or partial shade, but unsuitable for waterlogged soils. Trimming is rarely necessary.

5. Japanese Dogwood (Cornus kousa)

'China Girl'

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Looking for the best flowering trees for your backyard? Japanese dogwood is one of the most flamboyant late spring garden trees. Making upright, vase-like growth in its early years, as it matures it broadens into a more rounded shape. The dark green, deciduous leaves usually turn red in fall but its chief glory is the mass of large, four-petalled white or pink flowers.

Ideal as a lawn specimen, ‘China Girl’ has large flowers, followed by fruits like (inedible) strawberries, and is especially prolific. Samaritan (‘Sanzan’), has the addition of white-edged leaves and is slower growing.

Varieties of Japanese dogwood are resistant to the anthracnose disease that attacks varieties of our native dogwood, Cornus florida.

Growing well in full sun or dappled shade, preferably on acid soils, it appreciates moisture in the height of summer.

6. Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia)

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Not only is the crape myrtle one of the best trees for front yards, it will look just as good in a backyard too. 

Crape myrtles are small and medium-sized, rather upright, sometimes multi-stemmed deciduous trees that develop a more rounded look as they mature. The slightly leathery oblong leaves are sometimes tinted red as they first open and often develop fiery tones in fall. 

Clusters of papery flowers in a wide range of red, purple and pink tones, plus white, provide a colorful display in mid and late summer and even into fall. Blooming is most prolific in areas with hot summers, and crape myrtles are usually deer resistant.

Many modern varieties remain as neat shrubs, rather than trees, so look for taller varieties such as ‘Tonto’ (magenta pink), 'Muskogee' (lavender) and ‘Catawba’ (purple) which are all disease resistant.

7. Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

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This handsome deciduous tree, superficially similar to maples but with alternate, rather than opposite leaves, is native to the east and southern USA. As one of the best backyard trees, it features dark and noticeably glossy foliage that is fragrant when crushed and which turns an impressive deep red in fall, or sometimes develops fall foliage color in a blend of fiery shades.

Developing upright, more or less pyramidal, growth first, then spreading more as it matures, it naturally develops a good shape without pruning or trimming.

Develops its best color in lime-free soil and appreciates soil that does not dry out so is a good choice for planting near water. ‘Worplesdon’ has consistently good fall color, ‘Slender Silhouette’ is exceptionally narrow in growth.

You'll find plenty more trees with red leaves in our dedicated guide too. 

8. Magnolia

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Magnolias come in a great variety of shapes and sizes but in a small backyard, where space is tight, choosing the right variety is crucial. Fortunately, some of the best of all magnolias develop into a tall slender shape that is ideal in small spaces.

The deciduous Magnolia ‘Daybreak’ has broad, 9in (23cm) two-tone pink flowers in late spring with a superb scent and is ideal in colder zones (zone 5-8). Later flowering than many of this type, it usually escapes the frosts.

‘D. D. Blanchard’ is evergreen, with 8in (20cm) saucer-shaped, lemon-scented white flowers in late spring and summer and best in the south (zones 7-9). It develops narrowly pyramidal growth and is tougher and more snow resistant than most evergreens.

9. Crab Apple (Malus)

Crab apple 'Red Sentinel'

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Trees that give us clouds of flowers in the spring and ornamental fruits in the fall provide two seasons of interest from the same tree. It is like having two different trees in the one place. Crab apples stand out for this combination and some also bring us bronzed foliage.

These are round headed deciduous trees with white, pink or dusky red flowers over several spring weeks followed by small apples in red, gold or yellow. Crab apples will also pollinate your eating apple trees. 

Look for the narrowly upright ‘Red Sentinel’, with pink flower buds, white flowers and red fruits that last well into winter or ‘Rudolph’ with red buds, reddish-pink flowers and long-lasting orange fruits plus bronze-tinted leaves.

One of the best trees with berries, they are happy in full sun and in any fertile soil.

10. Arborvitae (Thuya occidentalis)

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This exceptionally hardy evergreen is good as a windbreak, garden screening, or a hedge as well as an upright specimen. The rich dark green foliage, bronzing in winter, has an effective all-year presence and rarely needs trimming.

‘Emerald Green’ (‘Smaragd’) is rich green all year and good as a hedge, screen or a specimen, ‘North Pole’ is similar but is especially resistant to winter burn so best in the coldest areas, ‘Yellow Ribbon’ is golden all year.

Arborvitae is very adaptable and is happy in heavy and light soils, with moist or dry soil, acid or limey. It retains its shape most effectively in plenty of sun. 

Which backyard trees are not eaten by deer?

Deer will eat almost anything in winter when food is scarce but for an evergreen try blue spruce (Picea pungens ‘Glauca’), eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), or Japanese plum yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia).

Or for a deer resistant deciduous tree try magnolias, river birch (Betula nigra), sweet gum (Liquidambar), blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), American holly (Ilex opaca) or tulip poplar (Liriodendron).

Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

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Are there any native trees that are good in backyards?

Yes, natives make some of the best backyard trees and come in a range of sizes. For relatively small native trees for your backyard ideas consider river birch (Betula nigra), eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis), American fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) or evergreen sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana). 

For a larger specimen think about Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), Red maple (Acer rubrum) or Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica).

Magnolia virginiana

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How do I trim tall backyard trees?

The best answer is: hire an arborist or a tree service to do it for you. Pruning a mature tree is a highly skilled job and you have to live with the consequences for many years after the work is done so it pays to have a trained arborist do it for you. Tree surgery can also be dangerous so it is wise to leave it to someone trained in the necessary skills –and with insurance cover – just in case.

Are some backyard trees invasive?

Yes, there are a few trees that are planted in backyards that can be invasive and are best avoided. In some areas the state has banned planting them. The problem is that their seeds spread and sprout elsewhere in your yard, in your neighbors’ yards, in the street, on the sidewalk, and in wild (and not so wild places) nearby.

In particular avoid planting Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) and Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima).

Graham Rice is a garden writer who has won awards for his work online, and in books and magazines, on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a member of a number of Royal Horticultural Society committees and the recipient of the 2021 Garden Media Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Selecting trees and shrubs for lawns: an overview of ornamental plants

The lawn itself does not form a finished decorative composition. It must be supplemented with various "highlights" that will emphasize the beauty of the garden and at the same time merge into one with the lawn. For this, it is best to use trees or shrubs. Next, we will talk about which trees and shrubs are best planted on the lawn, where exactly they are planted and what else can be added. We will also talk about how to fertilize a tree and transplant from a pot to a hole in the lawn.

Lawn Trees

Lawn Trees

Variants of tree placement on the lawn

In order to decorate the lawn with a tree or several trees, you must first choose a suitable place for them.

It is necessary to choose the location of the tree on the lawn, based on the following recommendations:

Once you have decided on the location of the tree on the lawn, we move on to the next step: the number of trees.

In order to create a harmonious lawn composition with a tree, it is not recommended to plant many trees on the lawn grass, because. the composition will be too thick and the lawn will lose its attractive appearance. It is best to plant one tree or several small trees in a group.

Now let's take a closer look at which trees are recommended to be planted on the lawn.

Deciduous ornamental trees

Since it is best to plant a single ornamental tree on a lawn, its choice must be approached wisely. An ornamental lawn tree should not only decorate the area in spring, but also bear fruit in summer, as well as create a yellowing autumn garden. To do this, it is recommended to choose the following deciduous ornamental trees:

Chinese Derain . In the spring, Chinese derain blooms with white flowers, in the summer it gives small red fruits, and in the fall it acquires an attractive scarlet color. In addition, Chinese turf has excellent symmetry and an unusual appearance of the trunk bark, which will complement the lawn with a mysterious plant.

Chinese Derain

Wild Apple also suitable for lawn decoration. Their spring flowering will make the lawn unusual and attractive.

Wild apple trees

If you don't need fruit on the trees, it is recommended to steal the lawn with deciduous ornamental trees such as Gray Maple, Japanese Birch and Pennsylvania Maple . Each of these trees for the lawn has an interesting leaf color, a small height and a dense crown, so the lawn decorated with these trees will look luxurious and not overbearing.

Pennsylvania Maple

Also of note are the bright flowering lawn trees Sargent, Palm Maple and Cherry . They have a bright green leaf color that complements lawn grass.

If you want to equip your lawn with low, bright flowering trees, we recommend choosing lawn trees such as Willowleaf Pear and Umbraculifera Acacia .

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Ornamental Evergreen Trees

If you don't want to remove leaf litter from your lawn and watch your garden's color scheme change, planting evergreen lawn trees is recommended. If the trees are evergreen, this does not mean that they have a green color, but only that the tree does not change its color throughout the year.

The most suitable evergreen ornamental trees for the garden are:

Ornamental tree trunks

The main problem with lawn tree planting is trunk sites, and now we will explain why. The fact is that when mowing the lawn near the tree trunk, the lawn mower can damage both the tree trunk and its blades. To avoid this, it is necessary to create a small earthen circle near the trunk. It is recommended to plant decorative flowers in this circle to decorate the area without lawn grass. We will talk about suitable colors later.

Another problem of planting trees on the lawn is fallen leaves, they also need to be removed in time, otherwise they form felt and slow down the air exchange of the root system of the lawn, after which the grass will begin to rot.

Please note that many trees have a dense, voluminous crown, which creates a shadow. Many lawn grasses cannot thrive in shade, so either more compact trees or shade-tolerant lawns should be selected.

Planting flowers under trees

Planting flowers under the trees

As we said earlier, the land near the tree trunk needs to be decorated, for this it is best to use decorative flowers.

We draw your attention to the fact that the shadow created by the tree, as well as the root system of the tree, prevent the normal growth of other plants, therefore, when choosing flowers, it is necessary to stop at drought-resistant and shade-tolerant ones.

Another important requirement is not to plant tall flowers under the trees, they will only hide the trunk and make the ornamental tree less attractive.

It is also recommended to decorate the tree and the land around it with climbing plants, they are not only able to survive in difficult conditions, but also decorate lawn trees in an unusual way. The main thing is that climbing plants are not too viable, otherwise there is a threat of strangulation of the tree.

So, we bring to your attention the most drought-resistant and shade-tolerant flowers for planting under trees:

Lawn shrubs

Lawn shrubs

Lawn shrubs are planted when the lawn area is small enough to plant an ornamental tree.

The location of ornamental lawn shrubs, as well as the care and selection criteria for shrubs, is similar to trees.

Among the disadvantages of planting shrubs on the lawn, there is only one. The crown of the shrub is formed immediately above the earth's surface, which prevents cutting lawn grass with a lawn mower. In this case, you must either cut the shrubs themselves (not applicable to all types), or use long-handled garden shears to cut the lawn.

Types of ornamental lawn shrubs

Ornamental lawn shrubs

To decorate the lawn with ornamental shrubs, it is recommended to choose the following types:

Planting and fertilizing ornamental shrubs and lawn trees

Fertilizing ornamental trees and shrubs

We draw your attention to the fertilization of these plants. In this case, top dressing for lawn grass is not suitable; it is necessary to purchase more balanced fertilizers with potassium and nitrogen. Fertilizers are necessary to ensure that the leaves and root system of plants are stronger and healthier.

Ready-made fertilizers should only be used for ornamental trees and flowers. If fertilizers are applied to fruit plants, then the yield will decrease significantly.

It is recommended to fertilize lawn trees and shrubs with decomposed leaf litter or compost.

Planting trees and shrubs for the lawn

The optimal time for planting ornamental trees and shrubs is from spring to autumn.

Planting trees and shrubs for the lawn

In this example, we are transplanting a tree seedling from a pot into a hole in the lawn.

Start by digging a small hole in a suitable area of ​​the lawn. The diameter of the hole should be 4 times the diameter of the pot, in our case it is about 120 cm. The depth of the hole should be 1.5 times deeper than the pot.

Next, soak the seedling roots. To do this, place the pot in a container of water. While the roots are softening, take care of the hole.

Fertilizer (compost) must be added to the tree hole, after which the soil with fertilizer must be thoroughly mixed with a garden fork. Planting a tree must be carried out in moist soil, so the hole must be filled with several buckets of water.

After that, carefully pull the seedling out of the pot and place it in the center of the hole so that the root system hides in the soil. The soil with fertilizer must be slightly tamped, fixing the plant with this.

And finally, it is recommended to carry out additional fixation of the seedling with the help of wooden slats. To do this, near the seedling, it is necessary to drive in several rails at an angle to the seedling (the angle is approximately 45 about ) and tie them not too tight with the trunk, after which fill the hole with water. Reiki is allowed to be removed after 1-2 years, depending on the growth activity of the seedling.

That's all we wanted to tell you about how to choose the right trees and shrubs for your lawn! We hope that our information will be useful to you in creating a lawn composition with ornamental plants!

Rating of the best manufacturers of lawn grass for summer cottages 🌿 TOP varieties of seeds in 2022

Types of artificial and natural lawn

Lawn cover is divided into artificial and natural, the latter is divided into roll and sowing.

Seed lawn cover

The method of obtaining a seed cover is in the name. First you need to select the seeds of lawn grass, then sow the area, then carefully monitor it and wait for the results of the work. To create a seed lawn, several types of grasses are usually used:

Seed turf benefits:

Weaknesses:

The final result depends on the choice of seeds and their producer, so it is worth considering the producers in more detail in our rating.

1. DLF

DLF produces lawn grass seeds and is the world leader in this field. The Danish company has been producing lawn grass seeds since 1906. It exports them to the EU countries, Russia, China and the USA. The company has its own laboratories, where specialists work on creating new varieties of seeds that are resistant to drought, waterlogging and diseases. The manufacturer produces grass seeds, both for those who like to decorate the local area, and for those who need to arrange a football field. According to experts, the best turf grass varieties are made by DLF because they have Quick Action Grass Seeds. They are great for buyers who dream of a green lawn in early spring. You can actively move on the grass at a temperature of +3 degrees. A significant success for the company was the emergence of a new microclover seed variety that can stay green all year round and is able to solve problems such as wear and baldness on the lawn.

2. Jacklin Seed Company

Jacklin Seed can also be included in the ranking of the best lawn grass seed producers. It is a North American company that was born in 1936. It produces seeds for people in more than 50 countries around the world. Standards in North America are much stricter than in Europe, so lawn grass seeds are practically free of impurities. The manufacturer specializes in meadow bluegrass, but other types of herbs are also presented in the assortment.

3. Barenbrug

Barenbrug is the third best lawn grass manufacturer. The company has been on the market for more than 100 years, during which time it has managed to appear in 20 countries of the world and open 22 research centers on 6 continents. The producer is present in all climatic zones, which has influenced its adaptation to different areas. The Barenbrug is now used on famous sites such as New York's Central Park, the St. Andrews Golf Club, and the 2018 World Cup football stadiums.

Rolled lawn

Rolled lawns are the most popular in Russia. It only takes one day to enjoy the lawn in your yard. The presented type is much more expensive, but you will get the result immediately.

When choosing the type of turf, the following are usually considered: universal, parterre and urban.

1. Universal

Universal rolled lawn is perfect for equipping sports grounds, and this coating will also fit well in your country house. The presented option is capable of growth in various conditions: it is completely undemanding in care, calmly manages without the sun and is not afraid of rain. The grass consists entirely of Poa pratensis seeds, thanks to which it is possible to guarantee the density of the product and the excellent resistance of the lawn to diseases.

2. Parterre

This is a dense, even lawn of bright emerald color. Previously, it was used to decorate the area around palaces and castles, now if you wish to plant greenery on your site with a rolled lawn Parterny, it will perfectly emphasize the high status and refined taste. The composition is dominated by meadow bluegrass seeds. When compared with other bluegrass grasses, the presented type of lawn is much lighter. This type is often used in the implementation of landscape design on the territory of summer cottages. Among the manufacturers of rolled lawns, in our rating, Russian lawns and Lawnville can be distinguished.

3. Urban

Many manufacturers work with Urban roll cover, as the presented grass mixture is able to withstand trampling and bad weather conditions. Rolled lawn City is dense and even, has a bright green color. This is the best option for arranging parks and squares, it is also perfect for your summer cottage.

The leading roll lawn manufacturers in our ranking are the following companies:

1. Roll Lawn Company

This is a highly specialized company engaged in the production and distribution of grass surfaces. For 16 years of work, the company has worked on such projects as the Tsaritsyno palace and park ensemble, the Skolkovo business center. Thanks to a competent approach, she quickly became a market leader and received membership in the Turfgrass Producers International association. This organization was able to bring together the best suppliers of lawn coatings from more than 25 countries around the world.

2. Queens Grass International Company

The presented turf company became known in Russia in 2002. The covers are grown under strict control for two years, and the basis is Barenbrug seeds, which are included in the ranking of the best. As a result, lawn grasses are highly dense, resistant to trampling and winter well. In addition, lawns from Queens Grass are easy to repair, after replacing the damaged area, the turf grass patch is quickly restored and becomes usable. Therefore, when you need to choose a lawn for a summer residence, you can safely make a choice in favor of this manufacturer.

3. Russian lawns company.

The manufacturer has been growing lawn grasses for industrial purposes since 1998. Specialists monitor every stage of work in detail: they select the special composition of the soil and use only the best lawn grass seeds, apply fertilizers, and carefully monitor the growing conditions. As a result, the lawn acquires the desired condition, after which it is cut using special equipment - sod cutters.

For a long time, lawn rolls were 0.4x2 m in size, which made it difficult to work quickly and, as a result, led to the grass dying off and other adverse consequences. "Russian lawns" were the first in their market who decided to increase the size of grass sheets. The manufacturer began to produce rolled lawns measuring 1.2x26 m, thanks to which it is now possible to lay an area the size of a football field in just one day.

Artificial turf

Rating of the best artificial turf:

1. RealGrass

Grass is designed to imitate natural lawn, pile height from 3.5 to 4 cm. Most often it is used indoors. You can find RealGrass in cafes and restaurants, and it also fits perfectly into children's play areas. Although the grass is artificial, due to its bright color, it does not visually have strong differences compared to natural grass. This type is considered an excellent option for those who do not need extra hassle.

2. Condor Phoenix 3013

This grass is perfect for sports fields, and it also works well for landscaping the surrounding areas. Artificial turf has a length of no more than 3 cm. Weight is 1676 g / m², as a result of which specialists quickly lay Condor Phoenix 3013 grass. This model is realistic due to the undercoat, it visually looks beautiful for several years, does not have specific odors and is considered environmentally friendly. Condor Phoenix 3013 tolerates sun exposure well, does not smell or emit harmful substances when heated strongly, it is also worth noting that it retains dirt very well and its quality does not deteriorate due to rain.

3. Domo Deco Green Grass 40

The presented lawn is adapted for sports activities. It will be a good addition to schools and playgrounds, as well as an excellent option for football or golf games. The pile is soft, height 40 mm. The lawn tolerates ultraviolet radiation and low air temperatures well. They can cover a large area in a short period of time, since the length of the roll is 25 meters. The advantages also include the density of the pile, resistance to water and a bright green color.

Now that you have read our grower rating and landscaping methods, it will not be difficult for you to choose the right lawn for your site.

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