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...]
Front yard design for a yard with Black walnuts Part 1 of 2
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...]
Gardening around Black walnut trees
An old black walnut in a hardwood forest can be a site to behold with its towering trunk. Their wood can also make wonderful furniture. Black walnut trees can also be majestic shade trees that bring relief in the summer heat. If you have them in your yard and you are trying to grow a garden or landscape, they can also be a pain in the @#$! … [Read more...]
Front Yard Design for Winter Interest part 2 of 2
Last time, I began to show how winter garden design principles could be used in an actual design. Now we will complete that simple front yard design I started in Part 1. … [Read more...]
Front Yard Design for Winter Interest part 1 of 2
Today, I would like to show how some of the winter garden design principles I talked about in my last post could be used. I figured the best way to show this is to do a front yard design using these winter garden design principles. … [Read more...]