westernrvparkowner wrote:
dedmiston wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
Unless there is something I don't know about, most trees take 30 - 50 years to mature.
There are plenty of trees that mature much quicker than that. Depending on the size/age of the specimen you begin with, you should be able to plant many varieties of trees that reach near maturity within 5-10 years.
(My wife runs a landscape construction company. She and our son are both Landscape Architects. I've been subjected to decades of flora lore, and one learns this stuff whether one wants to or not.)
The OP was referring to large shade trees. Out here in the west those are multiple decades in the making.
I'm even further out here in the west and we can get good mature shade trees in ten years. You just need to pick the right trees.