Juglans nigra prophouse-winter-2027 The story behind the tree

The story behind the tree is worth knowing

coral-red berries that hold through winter against the evergreen foliage

That heritage comes with a serious caveat

held on dark burgundy stems

and were long used for the country's banknotes

Juglans nigra prophouse-winter-2027 The story behind the treeJuglans nigra, the eastern black walnut, is one of the great trees of eastern North America, a towering, long lived hardwood native from the Appalachians and Midwest to the Mississippi Valley, most at home in deep, rich, moist but well drained soils along river bottoms and fertile uplands. Large pinnate leaves cast a broad, airy shade in summer, leaf out late in spring, and drop early in fall to a soft gold, making way for the tree's most famous gift,