We provide a variety of shade trees to provide the shade and comfort you are looking for in your yard.
Live Oak - Requires Full Sun - A Evergreen Tree - With broad-spreading and mounding form with a short thick trunk and strong horizontal branches, this tree grows best in full sunlight and large open spaces to accommodate a medium to fast growth rate for the first ten years as it matures to a height of 45'-55'.
Aristocrat Flowering Pearl - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - A pyramidal, deciduous tree with shimmering dark-green leaves distinct with a wavy edge, offers masses of white flowers in early spring and changes from yellow to red in the fall. Branching habit handles snow and ice better than Bradford.
Austrian Pine - Requires Full Sun - A Evergreen Tree - As a slow growing pine with dense, stout, pyramidal form, this hardy tree adapts well to winter cold and wind.
Bald Cypress - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - Growing slowly with light green, feathery foliage turning reddish-brown in the fall. This pyramidal, deciduous tree matures to a height of 50'-100', thriving in most soils, yet doing reasonably well in drier situations.
Bradford Pear - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - This upright symmetrical-growing ornamental tree blooms beautiful pure white flowers in early spring and rich purplish red foliage in the fall.
Bur Oak - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - This large rounded shade tree is native to Texas, tolerating drought and poor soils and turning a yellow color in the fall.
Chinese Pistachio - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - Though young trees are often gawky and lopsided, this tree becomes dense and shapely as it matures tolerating drought and poor soil conditions. Bearing clusters of red fruit and offering beautiful fall colors which include scarlet, crimson, orange, and sometimes yellow tones.
Chinquapin Oak - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - As a large rounded-top shade shade tree this rapidly growing tree is best in deep moist soils, but with a slower growth rate in its native dry limestone bluffs and hillsides.
D.D. Blanchard Magnolia - Requires Full Sun - A Evergreen Tree - Dark green leaves with rich orange-brown undersides and white fragrant flowers make this upright selection popular for shade.
Golden-Rain Tree - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - With rounded open branching habits providing slight shade, this tree blooms in summer with large masses of brilliant yellow flowers and decorative tan seedpods following.
Japanese Black Pine - Requires Full Sun - A Evergreen Tree - This small to medium evergreen ornamental tree, reaching mature heights of 20'-30', prefers well drained soils and full sun.
Lacebark Elm - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - This rapidly growing, drought tolerant shade tree has a spreading nature, shedding bark to enhance the beauty of older trees.
Loblolly Pine - Requires Full Sun - A Evergreen Tree - As a fast-growing upright specimen, with a broad oval form maturing up to 60'-85', this tree's irregular horizontal branching makes it excellent for shading understory trees and shrubs. It is recommended to plant in groupings of three or more trees, preferably in well drained acidic soil, though plant tolerates moist conditions.
October Glory Maple - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - A rapidly- growing rounded shade tree, adaptive to a wide range of soil conditions and maturing to a height of 60'-70' with bright red flowers appearing early spring.
Shumard Oak - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - Desirable large shade and ornamental tree. Pyramidal shape that matures to a broad oval form. Medium to rapid growth. Yellow-bronze to red autumn color. Drought tolerant. Mature height 60'-80'.
Southern Magnolia - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - This large deciduous tree, siuted for acidic well drained soil and full sun, provides bright green summer colors and rich brown fall colors.
Sweetgum - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - As a large shade tree, upright and somewhat cone shaped before maturity, native east Texas plant turns purple, yellow or red in fall.
Texas Ash - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - This tree is tolerant of most soil conditions, has a rapid upright oval growth habit and is ideal for shade.
Weeping Willow - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - This wide spreading, fast growing deciduous shade tree, preferring moist soil but tolerant of extremes, matures to a height of 30'-40' with silvery green leaves on graceful weeping branches.
Pond Cypress - Requires Full Sun - A Deciduous Tree - Large deciduous tree. Bright green summer color and rich brown fall color. Loves acidic well drained soil and full sun. Great for wet or dry sites.