HeartnutHeartnut (Juglans ailantifolia) HEARTNUT TREES CAN NOT BE SHIPPED TO MO, KS, IN, MI, IA, NE, MN, TX, and CA DUE TO STATE REGULATIONS Heartnut is a walnut native to Japan. Its nut cracks out of the shell with ease unlike black walnuts. The nut is heart shaped hence the name. Interestingly heartnut are largely resistant to butternut canker. They are a more northern adapted species doing best in USDA zones 5 and 6 with some known to grow in zone 4. We do

As a legume it can fix nitrogen in the soil

These trees are found in the area surrounding Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse

Perfect Circle Farm "red lines"

Shell thickness and nut size are average

The stems are reddish-brown to purplish

It typically grows 6 to 12 feet tall

This virus evolved to target the blight itself and where the virus is present chestnut trees are often able to survive the blight

These black walnut seeds are very fresh

The genetics we have available today are only here because of thousands of years of selection and relationship between hickory and the indigenous peoples of this land

I have seen some shrubs grow over 6 feet tall in one year

Oak trees feed a vast array of wildlife through both their acorns and their leaves

size of fruit