But we have some in the 20-foot range. There's not many trees that you can plant. Below ground, the more area allowed for root development, the better. The width of our swale area is seven to eight feet at the narrowest, and 13 feet at the widest. We try to choose trees that grow as large as possible for the space.
People love shade.
They love to park in it, to play in it, and to sit in it. We're trying to put back a tree canopy that is basically being lost in Florida with all the development that's been going on. Even though Condon plants palms, he intersperses them with shade trees to create a canopy. To deal with the challenge of growing areas that are as little as four to six feet across, and to help reduce sidewalk and street damage, Condon employs root barriers. I probably use them on 80 percent of our plantings, other than palms.