Planting the right type of tree can possibly make your home look more attractive and is among the key landscaping tips to affordably boost your property value over time. You might also reap other key ...

Q:The black walnut tree in my yard gives off nice shade. It is planted close to the house and this last year it did not drop any walnuts. Usually, I pay the neighborhood kids to pick up the nuts, so ...

Most people think of Black Walnut trees as an asset, even if they don’t take the trouble to gather the plentiful nut harvest under them. Walnut is a prized hardwood traditionally used for gun stocks ...

Sometimes a sustainable farming practice is as simple as not doing something. That’s the takeaway from a recent project conducted by UC Davis researchers, who found that delaying irrigation of walnuts ...

Black walnut trees have high levels of the toxin juglone, in all parts of the tree, including roots and leaves. Why keep black walnut trees? They are one only a few nut trees that survive in cold ...

For many urban gardeners, a black walnut is not a friendly tree. Though black walnut is valued for its fine quality timber, it has a detrimental property that inhibits many plant species from growing ...

Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) is one of the most beloved native trees in the Midwest. Its nuts are eaten by both people and wildlife, and its wood is a favorite for making high-quality ...

Whittier’s 118-year-old iconic, paradox hybrid walnut tree has survived earthquakes, Caltrans and smog from passing cars, but will it survive old age? City officials hope so and are trying to help the ...

After finding a tree infected with Thousand Cankers disease in Plumstead Township, officials have quarantined wood from walnut trees in Bucks County. The nasty-sounding disease occurs when walnut twig ...

The spur bearing trait of the Hickman Walnut makes it especially desirable for black walnut orchards. Agronomists at the University of Missouri have created a new cultivar of black walnut that grows ...

Historic Smithfield Plantation’s Doug Anderson shares this account written by Joann Sutphin of the preservation of a tree estimated to be at least 200 years old: This past winter when the ground was ...