Vines would be a great idea. I'm growing a few vines from seed right now. (Blue Pea vine, moonvine, morning glory, and passion vine. I have one climbing rose that grows really large, I've been keeping it small because its in a container. It only blooms once in Spring. I'll look for some shade loving shrubs. The trees were pruned by the maintenance man. The branches were a lot lower in the past before he cut them. The bag worms have also eaten a lot of the growth so they look even more scraggly during Spring and Summer. I have Purple Heart plants around the base, because its the only thing that has been able to survive under the trees. I would love to grow a whole row of crossvines for a windbreak, but I don't know how to build a trellis tall enough and long enough. I'll move the loquat into more sun, last year I had to cut the top off because it started dying for some reason. Thanks again for the ideas, I never thought of making a windbreak to block the heat and wind.
