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Walnuts are increasingly popular and have been given a 'renaissance' in terms of planting due to the newer varieties that are faster to fruit, and generally smaller than the traditional common walnut. Walnut trees are a great choice for a tree which provides a plentiful harvest for many years, as well as growing to be a strong architectural tree which will have a real presence in your garden. Mature walnut trees have the additional feature of deeply ridged bark which adds a real sense of character and charm to the tree. Of course, the tree’s fruit is its most noteworthy feature and the nuts are encased in a hard outer shell which beings to crack when the nuts are ripe. Ensure you get to them before the squirrels do or your wonderful crop will soon disappear! Walnuts have many health benefits and can be used in baking, for pickling or simply for eating alone as a healthy snack. If you want to pickle your walnuts then pick them in mid-summer before the shell has fully formed- 'Bucanneer' is a particularly good variety for picking. Although some walnut trees are self-fertile, most require another walnut tree to be planted nearby as a pollination partner.
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Juglans Broadview
Broadview Walnut Tree
Common Name: Broadview WalnutLatin Name: Juglans regia 'Broadview'Soil: Moderately fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunHardiness: Half-hardy, shelter from frostsFruit picking time: OctoberFruit size/colour: Medium/Golden-brownJuglans 'Broadview' is one of the most popular walnut trees for planting in the UK as it has a more compact form than some of the other walnut varieties. Another benefit of this particular species includes the fact that it is late into leaf and so it is rarely damaged by frost. The golden-brown nuts are medium sized and appear in abundance; they are usually ready for cropping in October. This tree grows to have a rounded crown and is valued for its wonderful structure as well as its flavoursome fruits. The 'Broadview' is partially self-fertile and it is also a good pollinator for other walnut trees.
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Juglans Franquette
Franquette Walnut Tree
Common Name: Franquette WalnutLatin Name: Juglans regia 'Franquette'Soil: Moderately fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunHardiness: Half- hardy, shelter from frostsFruit picking time: Late October-NovemberFruit size/colour: Large-sized/Golden brown The 'Franquette' walnut tree is a strong-growing tree which has an upright-spreading habit. Its slender branches hold flavoursome golden brown nuts which are of a consistently high quality. The large nuts have thin shells and appear in clusters on the end of the branches. This variety is late into leaf and therefore avoids frosts; its leaves are ovate and mid-green in colour.
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Juglans Plovdivski
Plovdivski Walnut Tree
Common Name: Plovdivski Walnut Latin Name: Juglans regia 'Plovdivski' Soil: Moderately fertile, well-drained Position: Full sun Hardiness: Half-hardy, shelter from frosts Fruit picking time: Autumn Fruit size/colour: Large-sized/Golden-brown The 'Plovsovski' is a Bulgarian variety which is often grown for timber, as well as its wonderfully large nuts. Although this is a fairly light cropper, the nuts that it does produce have a wonderful flavour; this is certainly a case of quality over quantity. 'Plovdivski' ripens early and so it is suitable for northern or high-altitude locations. This tree is also blight resistant which is another added benefit. The slender, spreading branches are almost pendulous at their tips and hold fairly large mid-green leaves.
Juglans regia
Common Walnut Tree
Common Name: Common WalnutLatin Name: Juglans regiaSoil: Moderately fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: May to June/Greenish yellow male catkins and inconspicuous female flowers.Hardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 30m/15mFruit size/colour: The fruits are oval and 4-5 centimetres across. The outer slightly soft coat, which is called a husk or shuck, is shiny and green at first; it changes to dark brown when it is ripe. Inside this is one seed, the walnut, which has a white kernel when it is fresh.A fine, deciduous tree with large pinnate leaves that give off an acrid aroma when crushed. In late spring and early summer, inconspicuous flowers are produced which are followed in autumn by one of the most valuable nuts grown in Britain, walnuts. A good specimen tree for a large garden or a park.
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