Black Walnut curse

Have a huge old black walnut tree and am looking for some recommendations for plants that will thrive under it. I have a list from Iowa State U. but lots of them are bulb type plants that are early spring bloomers and I'd like to see some color throughout the growing season. I'm zone 5, if you've had some success in combating the juglone from this tree, tell me about it!

I found mints do well under black walnuts..

and I also found this link to a pdf file with some excellent info..

http://www.bordines.com/Care_Sheets/PDF_Care_Sheets/PlantsGrowUnderBlackWal.pdf

my yard is full of black walnut trees-what a messy tree!

black raspberries and forsyithia are going crazy under mine
lilacs n snowball bushes too!

here's a list with a variety of things:

What Grows Under Black Walnuts
Contact: Diane Relf, Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture
Posted April 1997
Herbaceous Perennials

Ajuga reptans - bugleweed Alcea rosea - hollyhock
Asarum europaeum - European wild ginger Astilbe
Campanula latifolia - bellflower Chrysanthemum - hardy chrysanthemum
Doronicum - leopard's bane Dryopteris cristata - crested wood fern
Galium odoratum - sweet woodruff Geranium robertianum - herb Robert
Geranium sanguineum - cranesbill Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem artichoke
Hemerocallis fulva - common daylily Heuchera x brizoides 'Pluie de Feu' - coral
bells
Hieracium aurantiacum - orange hawkweed Hosta fortunei 'Glauca' - hosta sp.
Hosta lancifolia - hosta sp. Hosta marginata - hosta sp.
Hosta undulata 'Variegata' - hosta sp. Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia
waterleaf
Iris sibirica - Siberian iris Monarda didyma - bee balm
Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot Oenothera fruiticosa - sundrops
Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern Osmunda cinnamomea - cinnamon fern
Phlox paniculata - summer phlox Polemonium reptans - Jacob's ladder
Polygonatum commutatum - great Solomon's seal Primula x polyantha - polyanthus
primrose
Pulmonaria - lungwort Sanguinaria canadensis - bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Mulitplex' - double flowered bloodroot Sedum acre - gold
moss
Sedum spectabile - sedum sp Stachys byzantina - lamb's ear
Tradescantia virginiana - spiderwort Trillium cernum - nodding trillium
Trillium grandiflorum - white wake-robin Uvularia grandiflora - big merrybells
Viola canadensis - Canada violet Viola sororia - woolly blue violet

Bulbs

Chionodoxa luciliae - glory-of-the-snow Crocus - crocus sp.
Endymion hispanicus - Spanish bluebell Eranthis hyemalis - winter aconite
Galanthus nivalis - snowdrop Hyacinthus 'City of Haarlem' - hyacinth sp.
Muscari botryoides - grape hyacinth Narcissus 'Cheerfulness' - narcissus sp.
Narcissus 'Yellow Cheerfulness' - narcissus sp. Narcissus 'Geranium' - narcissus
sp.
Narcissus 'Tete a tete' - narcissus sp. Narcissus 'Sundial' - narcissus sp.
Narcissus 'February Gold' - narcissus sp. Scilla siberica - blue squill
Tulipa Darwin 'White Volcano' - tulip sp. Tulipa Darwin 'Cum Laude' - tulip sp.
Tulipa Parrot 'Blue Parrot' - tulip sp. Tulipa Gregii 'Toronto' - tulip sp.

Trees

Acer palmatum - Japanese maple
Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' - cutleaf Japanese maple
Catalpa bignoniodes - common catalpa
Tsuga canadensis - Canadian hemlock

Vines and Shrubs

Clematis 'Red Cardinal' - clematis sp
Daphne mezereum - February daphne
Forsythia suspensa - weeping forsythia
Hibiscus syriacus - Rose of Sharon
Lonicera tatarica - Tatarian honeysuckle
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
Rhododendron periclymenoides - pinxterbloom
Rhododendron Exbury 'Gibraltar' - rhododendron hybrid
Rhododendron Exbury 'Balzac' - rhododendron hybrid

Annuals

Begonia sp. - fibrous cultivars
Begonia 'Nonstop' - tuberous begonia
Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue' - morning glory
Viola cornuta - horned violet
Viola x wittrockiana - pansy

(Prepared by Kate Dobbs, Extension Technician, Consumer Horticulture, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327, based on information developed by Frank Robinson,
Director of Lewis Ginter Botanic Garden, as part of the Gardeners' Information Service
provided by The American Horticultural Society.

barbi, that was a great link.




This message was edited Apr 2, 2004 6:39 AM

WOW! Thanks Kathleen, that was quite a list!! That should help this year, and I can't wait to get started! Fortunately, I have a number of the perennials listed already established in other spots in the yard, so I can really do this on the cheap. So many of them have been donated by friends and have thrived, so they will be sturdy enough to be moved. My mantra is "If it's free, take it and put it somewhere...."

Hi, I went through the catalog of my local grower. In addition to Kathleen's list, they had the following marked as Juglan tolerant.
Amsonia,aster (lateriflorus, novae-angliae, novi-belgii), Jack-in -the-Pulpit, white and blue baptisia, chelone (turtlehead), coneflower, maidenhair fern, penstemon-Husker Red,tiarella,lobelia (tall form) peony-lactiflora.
These are all hardy here in WI.

You mean I have another excuse to buy more plantz ? LOL

LOL, did you NEED an excuse????????

I've grown hostas under a black walnut for several years now. The clumps keep growing and doing well.

I'd be careful planting any Rhododendron under a BW. I lost a rhododendron-grandiflora. I relocated by climbing rose in time to save it but it didn't like the BW at all. I'm curious as to whether a bittersweet will do well under BW. Also wondering if I cut the BW down (because of the mess), how long before the roots are no longer toxic?

I have H. Royal Standard & Day Lilies growing under my BW tree.

I have wisteria,Ivy,Mexican Petunia and Stone Crop Sedum under mine that are doing great.