I want to plant something that will size up fairly quickly to provide year-round shade for an area. The area I'd like to plant has some morning shade but it's pretty much full sun now. What I would love would be something like 12 year old loblolly pines planted 10-12' apart in about a 6x6 square. Loblolly pines would be perfect at 12 years old, but would eventually get much bigger than I'd want. Is there any kind of pine I can plant that would max out at 20-30' tall? What about Korean nut pines? Or could I prune something like a loblolly to stay shorter? If I could, what would it look like?

I've also thought about Magnolia grandiflora. How fast growing would a grove of magnolias be? I think I'm too far west/north for live oaks. There aren't any Asian evergreen oaks I could plant, are there? There was a beautiful oak tree on the campus of NCSU that I think was evergreen. The acorn caps had concentric rings. Hollies would be nice, but I'm pretty sure I want something faster growing. Are there any evergreen edibles I could plant beside nut pines? I could compromise fast growth for something edible.