Friday, May 24, 2013

What to plant (or not) by a black walnut tree

Type of plants

Sensitive to Juglone

Tolerant of Juglone

Vegetables

asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, pepper, potato, rhubarb, tomato

beans, beet, carrot, corn, melon, onion, parsnip, squash

Flowers

autumn crocus, chrysanthemum, forget-me-not, petunia, peonies

aster, astilbe, bee balm, begonia, black-eyed Susan, bluebell, calendula, crocus, daylily, ferns, grape hyacinth, some hosta varieties, hollyhock, impatiens, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Jacob’s ladder, marigold, morning glory, pansy, phlox, Siberian iris, squill, sweet woodruff, trillium, zinnia

Trees

alder, apple and crabapple, basswood, pine, spruce, silver maple, white birch

black locust, catalpa, Eastern redbud, hackberry, Canadian hemlock, hickory, most maples, oaks, pagoda dogwood, poplar, red cedar

Shrubs and Vines

azalea, blackberry (and most berries other than black raspberry), cotoneaster, hydrangea, lilac, mountain laurel, potentilla, privet, rhododendron, yew

arborvitae, bittersweet, black raspberry, clematis, currant, forsythia, euonymus, greenbrier, most honeysuckle, pachysandra, rose-of-Sharon, sumac, most viburnum, Virginia creeper, wild grape, wild rose, willow, witch hazel

Field Crops and Grasses

alfalfa, tobacco

fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, orchard grass, soybean, timothy, wheat, white clover


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