Fast Growing Trees
My Favorite Trees For Privacy and Shade

We all want fast growing trees...we want that shade and/or privacy now!

However, some trees just grow faster than others, and this might be important for a variety of reasons:

• You are trying to create a screen so you would like fast growing privacy trees, typically evergreens.
• Shade is a priority...larger trees will block the sun more efficiently.
• You just want a more mature landscape.

*Note - sometimes fast growing trees are weaker plants and shorter lived, so be careful which ones you select. An example of this would be the Silver Maple.

"Fast growing" is a relative phrase. You can always look up a tree's rate of growth, but typically they will get to their mature size much sooner than others.

Here are some fast growing trees that I would recommend because they are also beautiful and hardy. Be sure to check each tree's plant zone to make sure it grows in your zone.

Fast Growing Shade Trees

• Pear 'Chanticleer' - gets to be about 15' - 20' wide with beautiful fall color. Early spring flowers.
• Pear 'Holmford' (the new Bradford Pear) - same as above but much wider...35' - 40' wide
• Crape Myrtle - a smaller flowering tree for southern climates
• Elm 'New Horizon' - those beautiful Elms of old estates. And now these two are resistant to Dutch Elm Disease
• Elm 'Regal'
• Honey Locust 'Imperial' - golden fall color with delicate foliage
• Red Maple ' October Glory' - one of my favorites! Fall color is outstanding.
• Weeping Willow - for large spaces...looks great near water.
• Willow Oak
• Pin Oak - this Oak stays wider on the bottom and is low branched.

Fast Growing Evergreens

• Leyland Cypress - a very fast growing evergreen
• Deodar Cedar - a beautiful, graceful evergreen - not for cold climates
• Arborvitae "Grovepli Spring Grove'- a wider Arborvitae which grows quicker than other varieties
• Cryptomeria 'Sekkan Sugi' - love this evergreen.
• Easter Red Cedar - another choice...very hardy

Would you like to read about some of my other favorite landscape trees? If so, please visit the following:

Evergreen Trees
Shade Trees
Flowering Trees

Some of these may or may not be fast growing, but they all have wonderful features. And they are not really THAT much slower!

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