ᐅ Natural shading provided by plants

Created on: 24 Jun 2020 08:01
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Alessandro
Hello everyone,

I am currently thinking about the shading for my 5x5m (16x16 ft) wooden deck, which will be used as an outdoor dining area. Normally, I would have installed a louvered roof without hesitation. Until I saw this:

Wooden terrace in the garden with several trees and a shady leaf canopy, open outdoor area.


Is such natural shading practical? The distance between the crab apple trees is exactly 5m (16 ft), which matches our dimensions perfectly. Which plants are suitable for this? Preferably not ones that attract a lot of insects...
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Snowy36
17 Sep 2020 11:32
Please keep us updated, it’s really interesting....
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Alessandro
17 Sep 2020 11:37
I had the natural stone wall demolished first because I didn’t like the stones or the arrangement.
Since it was only a single-layer wall, I don’t want any gaps or overly uneven fractured edges like the Grand Canyon, which I would then have to keep looking at...
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Nice-Nofret
17 Sep 2020 17:33
We have two mulberry trees – they do bloom in spring but do not produce any fruit, which would be quite messy. They grow quickly and can be easily shaped.
Tolentino17 Sep 2020 17:45
The fruits are quite tasty, though they don’t keep for long. Is it possible to successfully grow mulberries in our climate?
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Müllerin
17 Sep 2020 17:54
Alessandro schrieb:

I first had the natural stone wall torn down because I didn’t like the stones or the arrangement.
Since it’s only a single layer, I don’t want any gap or excessively uneven broken edges like the Grand Canyon, which I would have to keep looking at...

But that’s exactly the point of a natural stone wall—to show life and character in it.

Small angel figure with wings sitting on a stone wall in the garden, next to planters and flowers.
tomtom7917 Sep 2020 18:34
Nice-Nofret schrieb:

We have two mulberry trees—they do bloom in spring but don’t produce any fruit, which would be quite messy. They grow quickly and are easy to shape.

Oh, someone who knows about mulberry trees! We’re going to plant one now. When I was a child, I always had to pick leaves because silkworms like them very much.