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Shade Trees for Public Parks and Gardens
Canopy for civic open space, where the shade has to carry across wide ground and the planting has to take constant public use. Magnolia, Ficus, Syzygium, Lagerstroemia, Melaleuca,...
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Shade Trees for Public Parks and Gardens
Canopy for civic open space, where the shade has to carry across wide ground and the planting has to take constant public use. Magnolia, Ficus, Syzygium, Lagerstroemia, Melaleuca, Leptospermum, Flindersia, Terminalia and Pandanus supply the range, with Albizia lebbeck and Melia azedarach for the broadest spreads.
Shade coverage is a spacing calculation, not a species one: continuous canopy over a path needs crowns planted to touch at maturity, which is closer than most schedules allow. Set the centres from the target coverage backwards. See park and recreational area trees for the wider civic range and feature trees for public spaces where a specimen has to hold a view on its own.
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