What Grows Under Black Walnuts

Contact: Diane Relf, Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture
Posted April 1997

Herbaceous Perennials

Ajuga reptans - bugleweed

Alcea rosea - hollyhock

Asarum europaeum - European wild ginger

Astilbe

Campanula latifolia - bellflower

Chrysanthemum - hardy chrysanthemum

Doronicum - leopard's bane

Dryopteris cristata - crested wood fern

Galium odoratum - sweet woodruff

Geranium robertianum - herb Robert

Geranium sanguineum - cranesbill

Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem artichoke

Hemerocallis fulva - common daylily

Heuchera x brizoides 'Pluie de Feu' - coral bells

Hieracium aurantiacum - orange hawkweed

Hosta fortunei 'Glauca' - hosta sp.

Hosta lancifolia - hosta sp.

Hosta marginata - hosta sp.

Hosta undulata 'Variegata' - hosta sp.

Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia waterleaf

Iris sibirica - Siberian iris

Monarda didyma - bee balm

Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot

Oenothera fruiticosa - sundrops

Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern

Osmunda cinnamomea - cinnamon fern

Phlox paniculata - summer phlox

Polemonium reptans - Jacob's ladder

Polygonatum commutatum - great Solomon's seal

Primula x polyantha - polyanthus primrose

Pulmonaria - lungwort

Sanguinaria canadensis - bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis 'Mulitplex' - double flowered bloodroot

Sedum acre - gold moss

Sedum spectabile - sedum sp

Stachys byzantina - lamb's ear

Tradescantia virginiana - spiderwort

Trillium cernum - nodding trillium

Trillium grandiflorum - white wake-robin

Uvularia grandiflora - big merrybells

Viola canadensis - Canada violet

Viola sororia - woolly blue violet

Bulbs

Chionodoxa luciliae - glory-of-the-snow

Crocus - crocus sp.

Endymion hispanicus - Spanish bluebell

Eranthis hyemalis - winter aconite

Galanthus nivalis - snowdrop

Hyacinthus 'City of Haarlem' - hyacinth sp.

Muscari botryoides - grape hyacinth

Narcissus 'Cheerfulness' - narcissus sp.

Narcissus 'Yellow Cheerfulness' - narcissus sp.

Narcissus 'Geranium' - narcissus sp.

Narcissus 'Tete a tete' - narcissus sp.

Narcissus 'Sundial' - narcissus sp.

Narcissus 'February Gold' - narcissus sp.

Scilla siberica - blue squill

Tulipa Darwin 'White Volcano' - tulip sp.

Tulipa Darwin 'Cum Laude' - tulip sp.

Tulipa Parrot 'Blue Parrot' - tulip sp.

Tulipa Gregii 'Toronto' - tulip sp.

Trees

Acer palmatum - Japanese maple

Acer palmatum 'Dissectum' - cutleaf Japanese maple

Catalpa bignoniodes - common catalpa

Tsuga canadensis - Canadian hemlock

Vines and Shrubs

Clematis 'Red Cardinal' - clematis sp

Daphne mezereum - February daphne

Forsythia suspensa - weeping forsythia

Hibiscus syriacus - Rose of Sharon

Lonicera tatarica - Tatarian honeysuckle

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper

Rhododendron periclymenoides - pinxterbloom

Rhododendron Exbury 'Gibraltar' - rhododendron hybrid

Rhododendron Exbury 'Balzac' - rhododendron hybrid

Annuals

Begonia sp. - fibrous cultivars

Begonia 'Nonstop' - tuberous begonia

Ipomoea 'Heavenly Blue' - morning glory

Viola cornuta - horned violet

Viola x wittrockiana - pansy


(Prepared by Kate Dobbs, Extension Technician, Consumer Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327, based on information developed by Frank Robinson, Director of Lewis Ginter Botanic Garden, as part of the Gardeners' Information Service provided by The American Horticultural Society.

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