Shade Trees
Great shade trees for the area are the following:
- Ash tree - Arizona Ash
- Cottonwood tree
- Oak tree - Cork Oak, Southern Live Oak, Holly Oak
- Sycamore tree
- Pine tree - Afghan Pine
Ash (Fraxinus velutina)
The Arizona Ash tree likes full sun, grows to 30 feet tall and 45-60 feet wide. It needs moderate water, is not fussy about soil, takes heat excellent and is hardy to -10 degrees F.
Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
The Cottonwood is a deciduous tree, 40-60 feet tall with yellow triangular leaves. Leaves turn yellow in the fall. Male form of tree is cottonless. It likes full sun and only required moderate water (weekly) once established in summer.
Oak (Quercus)
Cork Oak
The bark on the Cork oak is...cork, really cool.
Holly Oak
The Holly Oak gets up to 60 ft tall and wide with dense rounded head and smooth dark gray bark. Leaves are usually oval to lance shaped.
Southern Live Oak
The Southern Live Oak is an evergreen tree, gets up to 60 feet tall with very dark and checked bark with age. Likes full sun and regular water to abundant water. Hardy to 15 degree F.
Sycamore (Platanus)
The Sycamore forms a massive tree, typically reaching up to 30-40 meters high and 1.5 to 2 meters in diameter when left to grow in deep soils. The bark of the Sycamore perhaps is its most striking feature: mottled creamy white and brown with the darker bark of older trees peeling away from the lighter-colored, younger bark.
Afghan Pine (Pinus eldarica)
| This evergreen tree is native to the mountains of Afghanistan. Grows to 30-60 feet. Likes full sun, moderate water and is not fussy about soil. One of the most commonly planted trees in southern Arizona. |