Walnut (Juglans spp.)
Walnuts are majestic deciduous trees that combine stately beauty, valuable shade, and productive harvests of rich, nutritious nuts for generations. These large, spreading trees feature compound leaves divided into numerous leaflets that create a soft, feathery appearance and elegant canopy structure.
The delicious nuts develop in green husks that split when ripe in fall, revealing hard-shelled walnuts with distinctively flavored kernels perfect for fresh eating, baking, and cooking. Walnut trees are remarkably long-lived, often producing for 50-100+ years while growing into commanding specimens that can reach 50-80 feet tall. Deep-rooted and fast-growing when young, walnuts appreciate fertile soil and consistent moisture during establishment but demonstrate considerable drought tolerance once mature root systems develop.
The trees produce a natural compound (juglone) in their roots and leaves that can inhibit growth of some nearby plants, making thoughtful siting important in mixed plantings. Beyond nut production, walnuts provide valuable timber, beautiful wood grain, and traditional uses including dye production from hulls.
Walnut (Juglans spp.)
Walnuts are majestic deciduous trees that combine stately beauty, valuable shade, and productive harvests of rich, nutritious nuts for generations. These large, spreading trees feature compound leaves divided into numerous leaflets that create a soft, feathery appearance and elegant canopy structure.
The delicious nuts develop in green husks that split when ripe in fall, revealing hard-shelled walnuts with distinctively flavored kernels perfect for fresh eating, baking, and cooking. Walnut trees are remarkably long-lived, often producing for 50-100+ years while growing into commanding specimens that can reach 50-80 feet tall. Deep-rooted and fast-growing when young, walnuts appreciate fertile soil and consistent moisture during establishment but demonstrate considerable drought tolerance once mature root systems develop.
The trees produce a natural compound (juglone) in their roots and leaves that can inhibit growth of some nearby plants, making thoughtful siting important in mixed plantings. Beyond nut production, walnuts provide valuable timber, beautiful wood grain, and traditional uses including dye production from hulls.
