These can provide you with the shade you need in a fairly short time frame. The river birch (Betula nigra) is one tree that loves sun and grows quickly, at a rate of about 1 ½ to 3 feet per year.

Birch trees, with their beautiful bark, cute catkins, and lovely leaves, are ideal landscape plants for many yards. In the right location, birch trees can live for decades, but sadly, many trees ...