Today, I continue the front yard design for a yard with black walnuts from the last post. The Tough choice This design desperately needs some evergreen shrubs.  Finding an evergreen shrub that tolerates Juglone and shade is the tricky part.  Besides hemlock, there really are not any other ones listed in the Juglone tolerant lists. However, that does not mean there are not ones that will work.  For instance, yews are not supposed to work under black walnut, but I know of several that have … [Read more...]

Last post, I talked about how growing landscapes in the midst of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) can be a challenge.  This is due to the fact that they produce the chemical juglone.  Juglone in the soil can kill plants that are sensitive to it.  In today’s post, I am going to help a reader with a front yard design for her landscape that tolerates black walnut’s juglone. … [Read more...]