Gardening Under Black Walnuts

Gardening success in a difficult site

My name is Diane , and I experience in York , Pennsylvania , in Zone 6b ( I think ) . I have been garden for about 30 years , but this garden I have been influence on for just six seasons . It ’s my third garden and my 2d one with a giant black walnut tree tree(Juglans nigra , Zones 4–9 ) . These trees pose a in particular briary problem , as they have a inclination to kill quite a few plant potpourri . There are some that can survive the juglone toxicity , though , so there ’s enough to work with to create a nice display under the canopy .

As Diane refer , garden under a black walnut Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree can be slick , because it releases a chemical foretell juglone from its roots that can be harmful to other plants . Just how harmful depends on a lot of factor , so finding what will fly high under your inglorious walnut tree tree can call for a spot of trial - and - error . But clearly Diane has got it figured out ! A lot of plants are thriving in this garden .

grandiloquent perennial andvinesextend this narrow bed right up the side of the brick wall .

yearly , perennials , bush , andtropicalsmix freely in this garden . The color scheme is firmly focused on loss and pinks , which helps pull the whole space together .

An assortment of flame nettle and a trailing yellowsweet white potato vine(Ipomeabatatas , annual ) offer lots of long - lasting color from foliage . mature in containers is also a great elbow room to deal with fatal walnut or other trees that are hard to garden under . Containers play as safe havens from the toxic or just thirsty solution of the tree diagram .

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