heartnut/Japanese walnut (#1)

Bare root seedlings from named cultivars. Walnut species are generally sef-fertile but produce best crops when more than one tree seedling or variety is planted. Wind-pollinated.
Image is of the seed nuts being planted.

Heartnut (Japanese walnut) is a tasty, thin-shelled, and single-lobed walnut. Seedlings are grown from mother trees that are named cultivars. Bears nuts early.

This year we have grown trees from the cultivar “Rhodes”, collected and offered by Buzz Ferver of Perfect Circle Farm.

Plant details:
Genus & species: Juglans ailantifolia var. cordiformis
Hardiness: Zone 5 to 8
Sun: Full sun preferred
Soil type: Tolerant of a variety of soil types, though preferring rich, deep, moist, loamy soils
Soil moisture: Tolerant of varying moisture levels but prefers moist soils, well-drained, drought-tolerant once established