Re: Perennials--where are you?/ walnut tree
- Subject: Re: Perennials--where are you?/ walnut tree
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 07:52:02 -0400
Hello Gale,
I have a mature walnut tree in the very center of my garden. On the tree
itself I have a climbing hydrangea that is now 9 years old and bloomed for
the first time this spring. At the base and near the tree I have ladyslipper
orchids, royal ferns, creeping mint, two species of turtlehead. Heaven only
knows the number of plants within the spread of its root system in the
garden. These things listed certainly have their feet in walnut roots and do
just fine.
Believe I saw a list of "do-nots" someone sent you, other lists of
plants sent to you that do well... sounds as though you are well on the road
to a new garden.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> Funny, I thought I'd be overgrown with weeds this year with all the rain -
but
> there are fewer than usual. Maybe because I've kept fertilizing my good
plants
> so that they've crowded them out. Have been doing more spraying than
weeding.
> Also, we finally have big enough trees that I can start pruning out some
of the
> lower branches so we can walk under them!
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions about what might grow under a walnut
tree?
> Hostas? Ferns? I have given up on things blooming. We love it because it
> shades the front of the house, but now there's too much shade! I know
some
> things are allergic to walnut roots, but we do have nandina and those
anemone-
> looking weeds with the tiny burs coming up. There must be some more
things,
> things I'd rather have.
>
> Temps in the 90s here, so I get out in the yard mostly in the morning, or
at
> sunset.
> Gale Link
> TN z6
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