Miscellaneous
Thank you for being part of our community, sharing how gardens and nature heal and grow our lives.Shagbark hickory produces Juglone, a natural herbicide, but in far less concentration than the Eastern Black Walnut, famous for being allelopathic – a fancy word for emitting chemicals that harm other plants. Thankfully many plants will thrive around Juglone. I share a story of Elisabeth who bought an 1800’s farmhouse graced with Black Walnut trees and her desire for fruit trees and a vegetable garden. https://askmarystone.com/juglone-companion-plants/ https://askmarystone.com/fruits-and-veggies-near-black-walnut/ Then we chat about an artful, slightly freaky, and fun anomaly most don’t know about. Dorrie sent photos of her Black-eyed Susan and Coneflowers with extended centers, concerned it was a disease. It turns out to be the fascinating anomaly of fasciation. Mother Nature can be so clever. https://askmarystone.com/fascinating-anomaly-of-fasciation/ https://askmarystone.com/deformed-flowers-on-black-eyed-susan/ Thank you for sharing the garden of life,Mary Stone, Columnist & Garden DesignerGarden Dilemmas? AskMaryStone.com I invite you to email me at AskMaryStone@gmail.comAnd Follow Garden Dilemmas on Facebook and Instagram #MaryElaineStoneEpisode web page — Garden Dilemmas Podcast Page