We recently had a tree down in front of our house and are looking to replace it with something that will provide shade and possibly fruit. We were looking at the Lapin Cherry tree but can’t seem to find any around here and wanted to make sure that it was possible to have in the yard and that it would survive. Any help would be appreciated
With a mature height of only 15′ Lapins wouldn’t be much of a shade tree. Most fruit tree sold now are either dwarf or semi-dwarf so not much useable shade there either. I guess you’ll need t decide which is more important…shade or fruit.
For an attractive not-too-tall shade tree you could consider the Redbud. The eastern redbud grows to a height of 20–30′ and a spread of 25–35′ at maturity. It also has lovely flowers in spring.