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| Shade | 52% | 84 votes | Total: 163 votes | |
| Ornamental | 48% | 79 votes |
I like ornamental trees the best, because I like to see tree that bloom in the Spring. Blooming tree are just beautiful in the Spring. Ornamental trees can provide shade without growing so big that they might fall on the house or cause damage to other property located on the land. Shade trees usually grow big roots that people might trip and fall on and get hurt. Ornamnetal trees are more decorative which is what people need to make their landscap look pretty. Ornamental tree will make the property value of the home be worth more since they are more appealing to the eyes. Shade tree make the front yard look like a forest instead of the front-yard. Ornamental tree work better especially if anyone wants to plant any flowers in their front-yard because they won't take up as much space as shade tree.
Shade trees don't allow much space for other to view another person's front-yard. Shade trees can crowd the front-yard too much and that is all that people see whenver they look at someone's front-yard. Ornamental trees bring out the beauty of the outdoors and make a front-yard stand out more than shade trees. Ornamental trees offer a wide range of colors for a front-yard and who want their life to be more colorful? Having ornamental trees allow people to be more creative and express themselves by the types of ornamental trees that they plant in their front-yard. Ornamental trees put me in the mind of Easter in the Spring and Easter is a holiday that is greatly celebrated. Colors seems to enhance my mood and make me feel better that is why ornamental trees still have a visual appeal to me.
Ornamental trees do not over shadow a house or the things that may be growing around them. Ornamental trees looks rich and beautiful growing in front-yards. The lush grass and plush ornamental trees in a front yard make for a good setting in the front-yard. It is a breath taking view to see ornamental trees decorating a yard. Ornamental trees give an extra touch of class to a front-yard landscaping. Ornamental trees provide a better view of the front-yard landscaping. To go through the trouble of doing landscaping and then have shade trees blocking the view of the landscaping just seems like a waste to me. Landscaping protects the beauty of a front-yard and that's why ornamental trees are needed to hold the beauty of the front-yard.
Landscaping clears away brush and weeds the same should be true for big, huge shade tree that provide little beauty. Ornamental trees match flowers better that shade trees do in the front-yard. Shade trees contrast the other landscaping too much in a front-yard. It is better to have a front-yard that is fancy and decorative that having boring shade trees. Ornamental tree are a nice change from the same looking front-yards on a street. I like being different and having a front-yard all my own, so as long as anyone can afford it to go for it and plant those ornamental tree in your front-yard.
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