
Black Walnut
- Botanical Name
- Juglans nigra
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 50 to 75 feet
- Width
- 50 to 75 feet
- Flowers
- Late winter or early spring, spiky flowers often overlooked and of limited ornamental value
- Fruit
- Nut enclosed in a green, semi-fleshy husk that matures to black and falls away
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Prefers moist fertile soils though tolerates dry, high pH and clay
- Planting & Care
- Transplant young seedlings in spring before growth begins or nursery-grown plants early in the season
- Problems
- Anthracnose, leaf spot, juglone toxicity
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