Nut Trees – Food Forest & Green Living Engineers

Black Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:07:06 +0000

Black walnuts have higher levels of antioxidants, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and other health-promoting compounds than the more common English walnuts, making them useful in reducing the risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to six feet) with pH between 6-7. After planting in winter/spring and watering …

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Nonpareli Almond Tree

staceyrama — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:03:25 +0000

The Nonpareil Almond Tree is a very popular almond tree, and with a large, thick shelled almond, this almond is the #1 commercial almond around, being adapted to most localities. It’s a heavy bearer that blooms in mid-season, and it needs a pollinizer as well. Almond trees are deep rooted and should be planted in …

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Texas Mission Almond Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:34:59 +0000

This lovely tree makes an attractive addition to the landscape, with pretty white blooms with pink centers in late spring. Bloom times that come a bit later help protect your precious crop from late freezes! Texas Mission Almond is known for being partially self-fertile. Technically, you’ll get nuts from a single tree. But you’ll enjoy …

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Pedro Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:23:02 +0000

Very small tree, less than 2/3 the size of other varieties. Well-sealed nut, similar to Payne, has perhaps the finest-flavored kernel – winner of consumer taste tests. Widely adapted, excellent choice for home planting. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to six feet) with pH between 6-7. After planting in winter/spring and …

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Manregion English Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:21:43 +0000

Manregion English Walnut Tree’s are a vigorous, fast growing tree with lateral branching habit. Highly productive, large, high quality nuts, ripening mid-October. Partially self-fertile, more productive with a pollinizer. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to six feet) with pH between 6-7. After planting in winter/spring and watering initially, use rainfall as …

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Heartnut English Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:21:03 +0000

Heartnuts (juglans ailantifolia var. cordiformis) are single lobed walnuts. Much like the “English” walnuts (juglans regia) that have a round thin but a dimply shell with two lobes (or two halves), the Heartnut has a thin shell but with only one lobe and the shell varies from dimply to smooth. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable …

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Halls Hardy Almond Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:20:29 +0000

The most attractive quality of Halls Hardy is its unique cold tolerance for an almond tree, living through temperatures down to -20° F. The shape, flavor, color, flowers, and overall appearance of Halls Hardy are all wholly unique, in fact many landscaping professionals plant this tree solely for ornamental purposes due to its extraordinary beauty. …

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Chandler English Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:20:05 +0000

The Chandler Walnut Tree is an English type walnut developed by the researchers of U.C. Davis. It is one of the leading commercial varieties in America. Chandler Walnut Trees produce very heavy crops of medium-sized, excellent quality nuts that are oval shaped and fairly smooth. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to …

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Cascade English Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:19:32 +0000

English Walnuts (Juglans regia) grow to 50-60 feet tall and 50-70 feet wide at maturity. Grafted trees begin bearing in two to three years. The nuts fall free of their husks when mature. English walnuts grow best in Zones 6-9. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to six feet) with pH between …

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Carpathian English Walnut Tree

staceyrama — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:18:49 +0000

Carpathian walnut is a more cold hardy strain of English walnut (Juglans regia) andcan be grown further north than English walnut and in climates with more variable winters. Carpathian walnut has a rounded, spreading crown, and often reaches 40 to 60 feet in height. Plant in deep, well-drained, permeable soil (at least five to six …

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