Second Report: Black Walnut Rose Planting
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Comments (10)Spruce, I've got a number of BW seedlings planted, grown from 'named-variety' nuts selected for superior nut quality/crackability/kernel% that I brought home from KNGA meetings, as well as stratified seednuts of Emma Kay, Sparrow, etc., that I purchased. Seedlings of "Elmer Myers" have the reputation of being of superb timber-type, and while I've not planted any of those, my named-variety seedlings have all grown quite nicely. I'd certainly recommend starting with 'named variety' seednuts, as they should have a genetic headstart, of sorts, in the likelihood of producing better-than-average nuts, while still making good trees. Gerald Gardner, in MO frequently offers seednuts of some good varieties, as does John H. Gordon, Jr., in Amherst NY. If you need help in getting contact info on these fellows, email me. I usually just plant my seednuts a couple inches deep. Removal of the husk is not necessary - but it's helpful in allowing you to winnow out the non-viable nuts by 'float-testing' them. Clean, husked nuts, placed in a bucket of water- well-filled nuts will sink, while poorly-filled 'blanks' will float. My friend Guy suggests planting 3 BWs, one on top of the other, if you're in an area where squirrel depredation is a problem - they'll quickly find where you planted, dig up the top one, maybe get the second one, but rarely think, 'Hey, there's another nut down there.', with the third usually getting a chance to germinate and grow. Lucky...See Morehow to plant black walnuts
Comments (6)LOL Esh, I was going to say - just throw a bunch out for the squirrels - they will plant them for you! I collect walnuts when walking around the neighborhood, or when someone throws them out at the compost site. The squirrels LOVE them. I throw a few out at a time under the tree where I throw bird seed. Now there are baby Black walnuts popping up lots of places, which wasn't really an intended side effect. But I like it! There are several 4-6 foot saplings growing over along the property line with the neighbor, and they're doing pretty well in the dry shade next to his large Silver maple and in the midst of hundreds of pokeweeds. I decided they look so good, I'll transplant the babies over there and create a mini-grove. Hoping they might be able to compete long term with the invasive seedlings that get sown by the birds, and the Pokeweed. This post was edited by terrene on Sat, Sep 28, 13 at 19:11...See MoreReport: Black Walnut Rose Plantings
Comments (28)I have had the same issue with the native pecan trees, in Texas. The oak leaf hydrangea lasted three years. I love roses, but haven't tried them, yet. I didn't want liriope, but it moved in, and is doing quite well, much to my chagrin. But I have a thing about removing living things, so there they are! 😀 I've experimented with several native plants, and have found that yaupon, Turk's cap, (aka Mexican apple) does well, as do Christmas fern, St. John's wort, and artemisia. Daffodils, lily of the valley, and bearded iris have survived thirty years, with absolutely no help, as have the rosemary bushes. Oak trees, redbuds, and Eve's necklace have been next to the pecan trees, for thirty, to fifty years. Sadly, the mints, bee balm, and lemon balm only made it two years. On the upside, I've seen non-natives that have survived at least twenty-five years, such as Japanese boxwoods, nandinas, and ligustrums. The gardenia bush died within three months, even though I pampered it. Juglone is a real bugger, but the pecan tree is our state tree, the birds love them, and they provide a squirrel circus that is often hilarious! Loved your article, Hawkeye_Belle! I love roses so much, and I've spent thirty years wondering whether my pecan trees would do them in. You've provided some excellent information!...See MoreCompanion plants for hostas under black walnuts
Comments (4)Some shrubs don't do well with black walnuts, hydrangeas and physocarpus as Chris pointed out; any kind of roses, azaleas, weigelia, spireas, lespedsia, are all things I've tried a time or two and didn't succeed. I tried Madonna lilies three times before I gave up, they just got weaker each year and finally stopped coming up. But hibiscus, cimicifuga, garlic, thyme, artemesia, lavender, dianthus, passionflower, Dutchman's pipe vine, columbines, ruellia, creeping veronica, lamiums, can all be added to the list of things that will grow under them or within range of their roots.. Most native wildfiowers; trilliums, dog-tooth violets, mayapples, false solomon's seal, woodland phlox, Dutchman's breeches, wild strawberries (but not garden strawberries), ginseng, colt's foot, toothwort, other spring ephemerals, are all good. Sandy This post was edited by mosswitch on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 10:55...See MoreMickeyH
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