Trees add not only attractiveness to a homesite but also
helps to reduce heating and cooling requirements. Trees are
investments; therefore they should be selected and planted
with care. Tree Maintenance and Tree care will ensure a long
and healthy life for your plants.
Putnam County landscaper
Putnam County landscaping
Evergreen Trees
Evergreen trees and shrubs can protect a home from
winter winds. Cold north winds can cause large amounts
of heat to be lost from a home in winter.
A wind-break of evergreen trees reduces heat loss
considerably and thus helps you save fuel. The ends of a
windbreak should extend 50' beyond the end of the area
to be protected. To minimize drifting snow, site the
planting at least 50' from the home or driveway.
A
windbreak
is effective eight times its height. For example, a
dense planting of evergreens 10' tall will check the
wind 80' to the lee or house side of the windbreak.
Hemlocks, fir and spruce make effective windbreaks. Pine
is not Desirable because, once matured, the boughs grow
above ground level: thus the effectiveness of the
windbreak is lessened considerably.
Deciduous Trees
Deciduous trees-those that drop their leaves in the
fall-can shade a home from sunlight in summer but allow the
sun's rays to warm a home in the winter.
Neave Landscaping, Inc. • 80 Airport Drive,
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 • Phone: (845) 463-0592
Croton-on-Hudson • Westchester County, NY •
Phone: (914) 271-7996
