If you want to improve your commercial landscaping, adding beautiful trees along your roadways and parking lots is a smart step to take. But not all trees are suited for North Carolina weather, or easy to maintain as well as being beautiful to look at. Here are a few choice options that suit the environment and will look wonderful on your property.

Trees for Your Commercial Landscaping

1. White Oak

This is an attractive shade tree often reaching 80 to 100 feet in height. Young trees turn brown in the fall, but older trees turn red, making this tree a strong long-term investment in your business property.

2. Sourwood

Another stunning fall option, these trees turn bright crimson as the weather cools. They also blossom in the summer and provide wide shade areas under a 30- to 60-foot mature canopy. They are native to the area, so they tolerate the weather well.

3. Flowering Dogwood

Dogwood is the state flower, with numerous white or white and pink blossoms. While older strains prefer shade, new hybrids have been bred for full sunlight, making them perfect stand-alone additions to your commercial property.

4. Green Giant Arborvitae

For a lush, low-maintenance privacy screen, evergreen arborvitae is an obvious choice. It has a strong root system, making it much more resilient than some other evergreen options, and provides dense growth to provide privacy to the property.

5. Nellie Stevens Holly

For glossy evergreen leaves in a dark, attractive shade, Nellie Stevens holly is the tree to choose. It responds well to trimming and shaping, and in the fall produces bright red berries even without a male plant to pollinate it.

If you want to add attractive trees to your commercial or residential landscaping, call Decorative Creations in Matthews, NC. For over 30 years, they have created and maintained gorgeous, distinctive Southern landscapes with tree and plant installation and care as well as providing skillful hardscaping services. To discuss your project and get a free estimate, call (704) 847-7944, or get in touch with them online.