Description
The walnuts are elegant, almost tropical looking trees with complex leaves. The butternut walnuts are native to our region. These trees produces football shaped nuts with a buttery texture. The butternut is unique in the pure presence and shade it offers to its environment. Often broader than tall.
Pure butternuts have become endangered over the years due to a disease called Butternut Canker. There are genetically immune individuals but they are not common. The most common defense the trees found themselves: hybridizing with Japanese walnuts, commonly planted as landscaping trees. These hybrid trees have strong resistance to Butternut Canker.
These trees come from seeds from healthy old trees with predominantly butternut genetics.
If you are interested in a nut crop, plant at least two. They will also cross pollinate with any other walnuts you may have nearby.
