Eastern black walnut. Jean-Pol GRANDMONT / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5 Black walnuts in the husk are about two inches in diameter and shaped like small basketballs. The trees can be identified ...

Many ornamental perennials can grow in proximity to black walnut trees. Bleeding heart and sweet woodruff (a ground cover) can tolerate full to part-shade conditions.

One of my regular correspondents Paul Kachelmyer wrote to tell me to tell you that now’s the time to think about black walnuts. These are the 2-inch diameter fruits that the black walnut tree ...