Black walnut tree

Black walnuts produce an allelopathic chemical called juglone. Discover 33 of the best juglone-tolerant plants to grow under black walnut trees in this guide.

If you want to plant trees next to black walnuts, you need ones with juglone tolerance. For more information, click here.

Landscaping With Black Walnut Trees. Black Walnuts trees are primarily grown for their valuable hardwood lumber. Even though this tree may have...

Black walnut trees are prized for their rich fruits and scented leaves but planting near them offers a challenge to the growth of the flowers/plants underneath or nearby them. Their roots, branches and leaves produce a chemical known as juglone. High levels of juglone in soil are toxic to some other plants. There are, however, particular plants that can grow near the black walnut trees. Check this article to know more about the 8 perennials and shrubs that can grow near black walnut trees.

The Black Walnut Tree is a large deciduous tree native to Eastern North America that produces edible nuts in the fall. The Black Walnut can make an excellent shade tree. The main drawback for the Black Walnut is a chemical its roots produce and secrete called Juglone, which kills many different species of plants should their root come into contact with it. So, one must be aware of that fact, and chose companion plants accordingly.

Black Walnut trees (Juglans nigra) are an important source of food, medicine, lumber, and more! Learn my favorite uses for black walnuts.

Black walnut trees produce a toxin that prevents many plants from growing in their shade. Here are eight tolerant plants that will happily grow under black walnut trees.

Popular advice says not to grow plants near walnut trees—they won't survive. But, despite what we're told about juglone, there are planting options if conditions are right.

Nut trees on your homestead by Jackie Clay-Atkinson